Correction of Body Posture Disorders in Young Children of School Age in the Process of Physical Education Classes

Abstract

Aim: To develop, substantiate and experimentally test the method of correction of body posture disorders in 6-10-years-old girls in the process of their coordination skills development. Materials and Methods: The research involved 138 girls including 40 girls who had various deviations in body posture development and 98 girls without body posture disorders. The experimental (EG) and the control group (CG) of 20 girls each were formed to organize the experiment. The EG was engaged according to the developed method of correction of body posture disorders, the CG – according to the current school curricula of physical education. Results: It was found that 29.0 % of primary high schoolers have various deviations in body posture development. Kyphotic body posture is observed in 80.6 % of cases and scoliotic body posture – in 19.4% of cases. The research determined the relationship between the level of coordination manifestation and the state of body posture in schoolers, in particular the presence of abnormalities in its development. The method of correction of body posture disorders in 6-10-years-old girls during physical education training sessions was developed. Conclusions: The obtained results indicate the effectiveness of the developed method. The EG girls revealed significantly better indicators of motion coordination and coordination skills when changing body position as well as static balance than the CG girls (p≤0.05). The number of girls with various deviations in body posture development decreased by 9.9%.