effect of a corrective exercise program based on scapular stability on upper cross syndrome in wheelchair basketball athletes

aims wheelchair basketball athletes, as a group of people with spinal cord injury, are at risk for upper cross syndrome. the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of a corrective exercise program based on scapular stability on upper cross syndrome in wheelchair basketball athletes. materials methods in this semi-experimental study that was conducted in 2017-2018, 24 veteran and handicapped wheelchair basketball athletes who had spinal cord injury with upper cross syndrome in mashhad were selected by purposive sampling method and divided into control (n=12) and case (n=12) groups. a corrective exercise program based on scapular stability were administered to the case group for 8 weeks. camera and flexible ruler tools were used to measure forward head, rounded shoulder and kyphosis, respectively. data analysis was performed by spss 23 software using independent t-test, paired t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and tukey’s post hoc test. findings the severity of forward head, rounded shoulder and kyphosis abnormalities was less in class 3 than in class 1 and 2. there was a significant difference between the case and control groups after training in all three forward head, rounded shoulder, and kyphosis abnormalities (p 0.05). conclusion the corrective exercises based on scapula stability are one of the most useful training methods for restoring muscle balance and preventing and correcting abnormalities in wheelchair basketball athletes.