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ija medicine because incorrect posture may be a reason for age such as spinal stenosis, herniated disks and conditions Poredoš et al. BMC Medical Imaging (2015) 15:2 DOI 10.1186/s12880-015-0044-5the external shape of the torso. The internal deformityLjubljana, Slovenia Full list of author information is available at the end of the articlea vast number of pathological conditions [1]. An ana-tomical expression of the so-called double »S « shaped sagittal curvatures is one of the measures for a correct body posture in clinical assessment [2]. A number of problems can change the structure of the spine or damage such as ankylosing spondylitis and scoliosis [3]. Because identified pathological curvatures of the spine are a conse-quence of the aforementioned problems, clinicians prefer obtaining a quantitative assessment of human posture using one of the numerous measuring methods. Body posture can be assessed using methods that de