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Chiropractic Osteopathy BioMed Central Research Open Access Postural development in school children: a cross-sectional study 1 2 2 Danik Lafond* , Martin Descarreaux , Martin C Normand and Deed E Harrison3 Address: 1Département des Sciences de lactivité physique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351, boul. des Forges, C.P. 500, Trois-Rivières (QC), G9A 5H7, Canada, 2Département de Chiropratique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351, boul. des Forges, C.P. 500, Trois-Rivières (QC), G9A 5H7, Canada and 3Ruby Mountain Chiropractic Center CBP NonProfit Inc, Elko, NV 89801, USA Email: Danik Lafond* - danik.lafond@uqtr.ca; Martin Descarreaux - martin.descarreaux@uqtr.ca; Martin C Normand - normand@uqtr.ca; Deed E Harrison - drdeed@ * Corresponding author Published: 04 January 2007 Received: 29 August 2006 Accepted: 04 January 2007 Chiropractic Osteopathy 2007, 15:1 doi:10.1186/1746-1340-15-1 This article is available from: /content/15/1/1 © 2007 Lafond et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Little information on quantitative sagittal plane postural alignment and evolution in children exists. The objectives of this study are to document the evolution of upright, static,