Position and Stability of the Body in Case of Children in Younger School Age

Abstract

Introduction: Nowadays the physical activity is very low. Frequent, long-lasting sitting and higher educational demands cause postural disorders especially in case of children. The main aim of this work was examination of relation between the balance and the position of the body among 10-11 years old pupils of an elementary school. Material and methods: Surveyed groop consisted of 71 pupils of an elementary school: 37 boys and 34 girls. As a method the superficial topography was used-the optical technology used for evaluation of asymmetry of contours of the back area connected with scoliosis. The Moiré´s system moves the shape of the back and it got the greatest popularity in rehabilitation. Evaluation of the superficial topography has got a good potential of repeatability and reproductibility. Using of the superficial topography is potentially a valuable method of the early detection of scoliosis. Results: Measured data were processed by the use of the statistic programe Excel. We were watching the mutual dependence expressed by the index of correlation of the ratio data expressed by the descriptive statistics. For expression of mutual dependences of qualitative data, the chi-quadrate test was used. All data were processed and verificated on the level of significance 0,05. Conclusions: In connection with the occurrence of scoliosis we supposed the dependence of the sex of respondents, of their weight and height. Not all assumptions were fully confirmed, we state dependences in the following article.