The effects of suspended corrective exercises on forward shoulder posture correction

Ramin Beyranvand¹ Asma Salari²

1) Department of Sport Sciences, Lorestan University, Iran
2) Department of Sport Injury and Corrective Exercises, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran

IOI Code : XEAD-GCCCF
Publication : Third International Conference and Fifth National Conference on Innovations Sport Sciences(umasport2021.ir)
Abstract :
    Introduction: The forward shoulder posture is one of the most common musculoskeletal abnormalities that characterized by changes in the scapular and shoulder joint position [1, 2]. Over the years various methods have been used to correct this abnormality, including stretching exercises and strengthening the shoulder girdle using exercise tubes [3]. Considering that no research has been conducted on the effect of suspended exercises on this abnormality, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of six weeks of suspended corrective exercises on the changes of forward shoulder posture. Method: For this purpose, 30 female students with excessive forward shoulder angle (FS>52) (18 to 20 years old) from Kerman city selected as subjects and randomly divided into experimental (15 persons) and control groups (15 persons). The photogrammetric method used to measure the angle of the forward shoulder [3]. Then, the experimental group performed the suspended corrective exercise protocol for 6 weeks, while the control group did not receive any exercise during this time. At the end of 6 weeks, all subjects were reassessed and the data were analyzed using mixed ANOVA test (P≤0.05). Results: The results of this study showed there was a significant difference between the forward shoulder angle of the experimental and control groups after conducting the corrective exercises (P<0.05). Conclusion: According to the findings of this study, it seems the suspended corrective exercise protocol can significantly improve the forward shoulder angle; therefore, it is recommended to use the suspended corrective exercises to postural correction of patients with forward shoulder posture.

Keywords : suspended exercises abnormality shoulder joint forward shoulder corrective exercises