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Due to the acceleration of biological and lifestyle changes, scientific and technological revolution, disproportionate growth and development, and the impact of endogenous and exogenous factors, postural disorders in the early school age children from the Republic of Srpska and the countries of the region have been increasingly on the rise. A research of a transversal character was conducted in order to analyse the presence of spinal deformities in children of early school age in the Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The sample included the population of children in the lower grades of elementary schools from Bijeljina and Foča (Republic of Srpska) and consisted of 90 boys and girls who were divided into two subgroups. One sub-sample consisted of 45 boys, while the other consisted of 45 girls. The measurement was conducted during the 2014/15 school year, when all pupils included in the sample attended the second grade of either “Jovan Dučić” elementary school in Bijeljina or “St. Sava” school in Foča. One of the most state-of-the-art 3D computer methods, Spine Win Pointer Zebris Medical, was used in the analysis of the spinal column. The results of the measurement showed an increased percentage of spinal deformity in the population of the school children in the lower grades of elementary school.