title: [Posture types in children aged 7-12 from rural environment].
abstract: The aim of this research was to evaluate posture types in children aged 7-12 from rural environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was conducted among 562 children from Podkarpackie and Swietokrzyskie region. Evaluation of posture was studied by photogrammetry method with the use of projection moire phenomenon.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most common type of posture was lordosis (44.84%), then kyfosis (37.19%) and balanced type (17.97%):
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early diagnosis of posture defects allows their correction and undertaking early prophylactic actions.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Rehabilitacji w Schorzeniach Narzadu Ruchu, Instytut Nauk o Zdrowiu, Uniwersytetu Humanistyczno w Kielcach. beatawolowiec@op.pl
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Szczepanowska-Wołowiec
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drazał-Grabiec
authors.forename: Paulina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wołowiec
authors.forename: Ireneusz
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kotela
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008141:Lordosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010780:Photogrammetry; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D012423:Rural Health