Pankanin Ewelina. The influence of age on a postural balance. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(7):261-268. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1309335 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5647 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/870455 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.06.2018. Revised: 18.06.2018. Accepted: 11.07.2018. The influence of age on a postural balance Ewelina Pankanin Scientific Circle at Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Ergonomics. Division of Ergonomics and Exercise Physiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland Keywords: body balance, old age Abstract The physiological and correct posture of a human body is a vertical attitude. A small support surface and relatively high body height cause a small but continuous balance. Maintaining a stable posture requires efficient operation of the balance system. However, with age, the involutionary changes taking place in the body impair its functioning.