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Study aim
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The effect of eight weeks of corrective movement program on performance, body alignment, range of motion and shoulder pain in professional swimmers with upper cruciate syndrome.
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Design
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Clinical trial with an intervention group and a control group; With factorial groups, without blinding, simple randomization, zero phase on 30 swimmers with upper cruciate syndrome, which rand function of Excel software was used for randomization
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Settings and conduct
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The purpose of performing these exercises is to improve the posture and shoulder pain of swimmers with upper impingement syndrome. These exercises will be performed in the Nikian swimming pool in Abhar city. In this research, to measure the forward shoulder posture and forward head posturefrom photogrammetry, the degree of kyphosis from a flexible ruler, Pain using a visual measurement scale, speed measurement using a manual timer, glenohumeral joint range of motion measurement using a goniometer will be measured.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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forward head posture more than 46 degrees;
forward shoulder posture more than 52 degrees;
kyphosis more than 40 degrees;
professional male swimmers aged 20 to 40;
Having mild to moderate pain in the shoulder joint based on the person's self-report;
having at least 3 regular training sessions per week;
Having a history of participating in swimming for 3 years
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Intervention groups
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The intervention of the current research is corrective exercises designed based on previous related articles, these exercises will be performed for eight weeks, three training sessions per week and each training session will last 30-40 minutes. and continue their daily exercises
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Main outcome variables
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Improvement of forward head posture, kyphosis and forward shoulder posture, reduction of shoulder pain, 50m swimming record