The impact of a 60-minute swimming training on the quality of body posture and the level of balance in young adults by Dżesika Aksamit, Tomasz Sidor, Adrian Gądek, Agnieszka Jankowicz-Szymańska

“…Exercises improving swimming in the classic style did not affect the depth of thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis. After 60 minutes spent in a relaxed sitting position, deepening thoracic kyphosis was observed. …”
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Flexibility of the hamstring muscles and the position of the trunk in boys training football by Eliza Smoła, Katarzyna Wódka, Marta A. Bibro, Agnieszka Jankowicz-Szymańska

“…Mean values determining the depth of thoracic kyphosis indicated its deepening in each of the groups, however, lower values were recorded in boys with reduced flexibility of the hamstring muscle mass. …”
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High physical activity vs. quality of the trunk position and the efficiency of core muscles among young males by Dominik Łakoma, Agnieszka Jankowicz-Szymańska

“…Extending the arms forward in a standing position resulted in flatter thoracic kyphosis, rounder lumbar lordosis and tilting the trunk backwards. …”
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Relationships between sacral, lumbar and thoracic spine position and trunk mobility in the sagittal plane in young adults by Katarzyna Wódka, Alicja Michalczyk, Agnieszka Jankowicz-Szymańska

“…In addition, women were more likely to have a deepened thoracic kyphosis, less range of motion in the direction of thoracic flexion and extension, and greater mobility in the direction of lumbar flexion and extension than men. …”
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Comparison of trunk alignment and postural habits of high school adolescents and university students by Agnieszka Jankowicz-Szymańska, Katarzyna Wódka, Justyna Kawa, Bernadetta Kwiek

“…Results: High school students were characterised by a greater depth of thoracic kyphosis than university students. Female high school students tended to have shallower lumbar lordosis and male high school students tended to have deeper lordosis. …”
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The impact of age on female body posture by Agnieszka Jankowicz-Szymańska, Marta Bibro, Katarzyna Wódka, Eliza Smoła

“…The size of thoracic kyphosis expressed in degrees was similar in all the surveyed, although hypokyphosis was observed more frequently in the female pupils and hyperkyphosis in the female students. …”
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