Effect of Muscle Energy Technique and Stabilization Exercise on Forward Neck and Rounded Shoulder for Elite Swimmers

Abstract

Forward Neck and Rounded Shoulder is one of an incorrect posture. Craniovertebral angle, rounded shoulder
posture measurement and posture screen mobile are the types of outcome measures to assess the conditions.
To find the effect of the Muscle Energy Technique and Stabilization Exercise on the forward neck and rounded
shoulder for elite swimmers. Study Design: Experimental study. Method: The study design was an experimental
study, 30 male elite swimmers were selected from Pondicherry Swimming Pool Academy, They were allocated
divided into two groups, Group A (n=15) Muscle Energy Technique and Stabilization Exercise Group B (n=15)
Conventional treatment, 3 sessions in a week for 6week, The outcome measure (Craniovertebral angle, Rounded
Shoulder Posture Measurement and posture screen mobile) were measured in pre and post-test for 6 week period.
Results: Data analysis was done by unpaired ‘t’ test and paired ‘t’ test for the between group and within the
group analysis respectively, The statistic analysis done with unpaired ‘t’ test within the Group A and Group B
analyses is shown significance (p<0.01). Which shows that Group A must be significant than Group B, it have been
concluded that Group A shows improvement in rounded shoulder and forward neck posture in elite swimmer
with the outcome measures than Group B. Conclusion: This study concludes that the Muscle Energy Technique
and Stabilization Exercise (Group-A) shows more significant improvement in rounded shoulder and forward neck
posture in elite swimmers when compared with conventional treatment (Group–B)