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
