Original scientific paper
Types of Body Posture and their Characteristics in Boys 10 to 13 Years of Age
Jelena Paušić
Dražen Dizdar
Abstract
The main goal of the study was to determine the types of body posture of boys (n=273), 10 to13 years of age, by means
of the body posture assessment method based on the software Posture Image Analyzer. The results should enable better
understanding of postural issues, as well as timely and more precise selection of kinesitherapeutic procedures. Values of
5 front view and 4 sagittal view indicators of standing body posture were measured by means of subjects’ photographs
and software Image Posture Analyzer. Cluster analysis (K-means method) revealed three types of body posture in both the
anterior and sagittal plane. Their characteristics were determined with discriminant analysis. In sagittal indicators
three posture types are recognizable: (a) correct sagittal body posture (29.3%), (b) mild impaired sagittal body posture
(41.8%), (c) marked impaired sagittal body posture (28.9%). In anterior indicators also three posture types are recognizable:
(a) correct anterior body posture (19.4%), (b) mild scoliotic body posture in the lumbar region (47.6%), (c) mild
scoliotic body posture with double curvature (33%).
Keywords
posture types; image posture analyzer; school; children
Hrčak ID:
72167
URI
Publication date:
30.9.2011.
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