Assessment of the body posture of junior high school students in the context of their physical activity

Introduction. Posture defects constitute a social problem and can cause negative changes in many aspects of our lives – both physical mental health. Prophylaxis an appropriate degree activity, which affects harmonious development, are very important here. Objective. The objective the study was to assess body posture junior high school students determine their then check whether there is correlation between them. group consisted 53 people from Wrocław, aged 14 17. Material methods. To International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) used, contains 7 questions regarding activity last days. Body sagittal plane examined using photogrammetry, typology classification based on Wolański’s method modified according Zeyland-Malawka. Results. results were subjected statistical analysis, shows that studied adolescents mostly characterized by kyphotic type posture, while least common balanced type. level be described as sufficient, but it worth noting only 6% respondents insufficient 7.5% activity. Conclusions. In further analyses, It found no statistically significant differences these two features group.