The effect of childhood spinal cord injury … [9] Seating and mobility considerations for people with ... [10] Wheelchair configuration and postural alignment ... [11] Muscles and cervical pain syndromes … [12] NASM essentials of corrective exercise ... [13] Reliability and validity of thoracic kyphosis measurements … [14] The effect of 6-week exercise therapy protocol ... [15] Comparison of the effects of three corrective exercise methods ... [16] The effect of six weeks corrective exercise on upper … [17] The effect of eight weeks comprehensive ... [18] The comparison of effect of three programs ... [19] The effect of a NASM-based training protocol … [20] Head and shoulder posture affect scapular mechanics ... [21] Cervical curve restoration and forward head ... [22] ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing ... [23] The effect of a 10-week selected corrective … [24] Intrarater and interrater reliability of photographic ... [25] Gym based exercises for ... [26] Assessment and treatment of muscle ... [27] Thoracic position effect on shoulder range ... [28] The impact of kyphosis on daily … [29] Spinal cord medicine, principles ... [30] The efficacy of forward head correction on nerve ... [31] Upper crossed syndrome and its relationship … [32] Management of common musculoskeletal ... [33] The effects of a selective corrective program … [34] Effect of stretching and strengthening shoulder ... [35] Surface electromyographic analysis of exercises ... [36] Effect of neck exercise on sitting posture … [37] Recruitment of the deep cervical flexor muscles ... [38] Shoulder Function and 3-Dimensional Kinematics ... [39] Muscle specificity in tests of cervical flexor muscle ... 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 & MethodsIn 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). ConclusionThe corrective exercises based on scapula stability are one of the most useful training methods ...

ABSTRACT:Introduction: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is now the leading cause of death in most countries. The ABCA1 gene provides instructions for the production of proteins (ATP-binding transporter protein) whose function is to export phospholipid and cholesterol out of the cells where they are bound to circulating apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1) and removed in the liver. Increased ABCA1 activity could inhibit atherosclerosis. In the present study, ABCA1 gene expression in lymphocytes and the associated effect of exercise were studied. Method: Subjects were 16 well-trained wrestlers randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. The experimental group performed 8 weeks of wrestling and circuit fitness training and the control group remained sedentary. Blood samples were collected 48 hours before the first session and 48 hours after the last session (subjects were fasting). After isolating lymphocytes by centrifugation, ABCA1 gene expression in lymphocytes was measured using semi-quantitative-RT-PCR. Data analyzed by SPSS software (version 16). Results: a significant increase in lymphocyte ABCA1 gene expression was shown following the 8 weeks of training (experimental p<0.001, t=-9.954). Plasma HDL-C concentrations and Apo A-I increased (P<0.001, t=4.97 P<0.05, t=2.67 respectively) and plasma LDL-C concentration decreased (P<0.001, t=4.35) in experimental group when compared with the control group. Discussion and Conclusion: Anaerobic exercises like wrestling and circuit fitness training can increase ABCA1 gene expression, an effective factor in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.