The influence of four-month exercises during lessons on body posture in children in younger school age

Kot Kamila, Kokosz Mirosław, Stencel-Gabriel Krystyna. The influence of four-month exercises during lessons on body posture in children in younger school age. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(9):756-767. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1414127 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5906 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.08.2018. Revised: 18.08.2018. Accepted: 11.09.2018. The influence of four-month exercises during lessons on body posture in children in younger school age Wpływ czteromiesięcznych ćwiczeń śródlekcyjnych na postawę ciała u dzieci w młodszym wieku szkolnym Kamila Kot, Mirosław Kokosz, Krystyna Stencel-Gabriel Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland School of Health Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland Adres do korespondencji: Kamila Kot ul. Orzeszkowej 16c/14 41-253 Czeladź adres e-mail: kot.kamila@gmail.com tel. kom.: 500060333 The aim of the study was to check the impact of the school environment on the child's body posture and assessment of the influence of four-month physical exercises on school children's lessons on the results of measurements of spine mobility, physiological spinal curvature and attitude of the body. Material and methods: the study group consisted of 23 children (including 10 boys), a control group of 15 children (including 10 boys), pupils of the 1st and 2nd grade Sports Primary School in Sosnowiec. The body posture was assessed 2 times at a 4-month interval in both groups (test and control). Spine mobility was examined by a finger-floor test and left and right using a centimeter, the physiological curvature of the spine was examined at the top of the sacrum using a goniometer, shoulder settings and thoracic kyphosis were examined by the Kasperczyk method. Conclusion: The conducted observational study indicates a positive clinical effect of the, introduced during, lesson exercises with children in order to promote the correct posture. Key words: body posture; posture defects; range of spinal mobility; physiological curvature measurement; Kasperczyk metho