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Factors such as poor posture and extended sitting are perceived to be a reason for conditions such as lumbar discomfort and lower back pain (LBP), even though the scientific explanation of this relationship is still unclear and raises disputes in the scientific community. The current study focused on evaluating the relationship between LBP and prolonged sitting in poor posture using photogrammetric images, postural angle calculation, machine learning models, and questionnaire-based self-reports regarding the occurrence of LBP and similar symptoms among the participants. Machine learning models trained with this data are employed to recognize poor body postures. Two scenarios have been elaborated for modeling purposes: scenario 1, based on natural body posture tagged as correct and incorrect, and scenario 2, based on incorrect body postures, corrected additionally by the rehabilitator. 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