The project 'Exercise to Promote Proper Posture', was designed in order to include children into a continuous and programmed corrective work at a very early stage, with the aim of preventing improper body posture. The project was financed by Novi Sad City Council for Sport and Youth. The aim of the investigation paper was to determine the effects of this kind of work on posture of the spinal column in young schoolchildren. The method used: Students of both sexes aged 8 ± 6 months underwent a continuous and systematic corrective work during the period between September and December 2008. Using the method of somatoscopy the posture of the spinal column was assessed. Descriptive statistics was used in order to determine numerical and percentage occurrence of postural disorders of the spinal column, while Pearson's chi-square (%2) test was used to determine the differences with respect to gender. Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, as a non-parametrical procedure, was used in order to determine differences in the case of absolute values of the differences among the variables. The results: A statistically significant difference was observed between the initial and final assessment (in favor of the final one) in the case of postures of shoulder blades and of the thoracic segment of the spinal column, which indicates kyphotic bad posture. In other segments of the spinal column no statistically significant differences were observed. .
