PRESENCE OF LORDOTIC POOR POSTURE RESULTED BY ABSENCE OF SPORT IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

The subject of this research is to determine the presence of lordotic bad body position of primary school students, depending on the reasons of not being involved in sports. The research was conducted on children age of 12 years, + -6 months, and the sample consisted of 299 students. For the assessment of bad lordotic body position, we used the method of somatoscopy and somatometry, and in order to determine the poor posture we used the average value of mild criteria. Non engagement in sport activities was evaluated through questionnaire of the survey filled up by the respondents. The reasons for not being involved were high membership fee and other reasons for most students. The following reasons are long distance from the place of residence and training facilities while the other reasons are considerably balanced. The respondents with bad lordotic body position showed noticeably obvious bad posture in the group of respondents with 'other' as the reason for not being involved in sport and the respondents which stated that 'high fee' is the reason, while other respondent groups in their answers were considerably balanced. The values of Pearson Chi-Square test and Contingency Coefficient indicate the lack of statistically significant difference in existence of lordotic bad posture depending on the reasons of not participation in organized sport activities.