Elvira Beganovic¹, Milica Besovic¹, Helena Besovic²

¹Pedagoški fakultet Sarajevo
²Univerzitet-Misuri, Kolumbia

BODY POSTURE OF STUDENTS SIXTH GRADE PUPILS

DRŽANJE TIJELA KOD UČENIKA ŠESTIH RAZREDA

Sport Mont 2012, X(34-35-36), 53-61

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine whether, how and to what extent present irregular posture of students in the sixth grade. The study was conducted on a sample of 60 students, aged from 11-12 years. Testing was conducted in elementary school, "Kovačići" in Sarajevo. Diagnosing the condition of keeping the body was carried by Napoleon Wolanskog criteria (1975), which is based on determining the dimensions of segmented in mutual relations, as follows: D1 - keeping the head (ODG), D2 - keeping your shoulders (ODR), D3 - holding breasts (ODGR ), D4 - keeping the blades (ODL), D5 - keeping the spine (ODC), D6 - keeping the abdomen (ODTR), D7 - keeping legs (ODN), D8 - keeping feet (ODS). Analyzing measurements of posture can be concluded that 3 or 5% of students have excellent posture, 15 or 25% of pupils have very good posture, 33 or 55% of students have good posture, 8, or 13% of pupils have poor posture, and 1 or 2% of students have very bad posture.

Keywords

students, posture, corrective exercise, variables

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