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Background and Objective: Athletes suffer from poor physical fitness in some sports fields, which can cause long-term pain in their hands. This study was carried out to compare the musculoskeletal abnormalities in professional wushu athletes and wrestlers with non-athletes.
Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was carried out on 30 wrestlers, 30 Wushu athletes and 30 non-athlete subjects in Mazandaran province, north of Iran. Kyphosis and lordosis angles evaluation was performed by using flexible ruler. Evaluation of forward head and forward shoulders perform from side view with digital cameras and angles analyzed by AutoCAD 2010 software.
Results: The forward head in wushu athletes and wrestlers was significantly more than non-athletes (P<0.05). Also, forward shoulder in wrestlers and wushu athletes was significantly higher than non-athletes (P<0.05). In addition, kyphosis angle in wushu athletes and wrestlers were significantly higher than non-athletes. Also, Lordosis in wrestlers was higher than non-athletes (P<0.05). Uneven shoulder in wushu athletes was more than non-athletes (P<0.05).
Conclusion: This study showed that head, shoulder and spine status can be influenced by type of sport.

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Background and Objective: Alteration of scapular position and motion are called scapular dyskinesis (SD), that leads to symptoms such as pain in the shoulder joint. This study was performed to determine the effect of eight weeks scapular stabilization exercises on shoulder pain of archer men with scapular dyskinesis.
Methods: In this clinical trial study 30 archer men of recurve sport field with SD and shoulder pain were randomly divided into two intervention and control groups. Shoulder pain of all subjects was evaluated by using numeric pain rating scale. Then the interventional groups were received scapular stabilization exercises in three sessions per week for eight weeks. The control group performed only their normal daily exercises. At the end of the training, post-test was performed for both groups.
Results: The results of the present study showed that after scapular stabilization exercises, the reduction of dominant shoulder pain both during exercise and at rest was significant in interventional group in compared to controls (P<0.05). But in Non-dominant shoulder, there was significant effect in pain reduction only in intergroup (P<0.05) and there was no significant effect between interventional and control groups.
Conclusion: Scapular stabilization exercises can use to reduce the pain of dominant shoulder joint of archer sport men with scapular dyskinesis.