The effect of eight weeks comprehensive corrective exercises on upper crossed syndrome

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of eight weeks comprehensive corrective exercises

on upper Crossed syndrome. 40 female college students with forward head, forward shoulder, and kyphosis

voluntarily participated in this study and randomly divided to two experimental group (with mean age

21.60±1.70 years, height 159.78±5.11 cm, and weight 59.04±4.6 kg) and control group (with mean age

21.85±1.87 years, height 160.15±4.32 cm, and weight 58.42±5.76 kg). The experimental groups performed

comprehensive corrective exercises included eight weeks and three times per week. The angles of forward

head and forward shoulder were assessed using photographic taken from lateral view and Kyphosis angle

was assessed using flexible ruler (r=0.93) before and after eight weeks corrective exercises program. The

data was analyzed by SPSS (p≤0.05). On the base of findings, we suggest that experts in order to obtain

better results in their training programs, pay attention to correct abnormalities simultaneously, as a new

approach.

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