Background. Wrestling is one of the most popular sports in the world. United World Wrestling have developed "Wrestling+" injury prevention program similar to the FIFA 11+. Objectives. the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of 12 weeks of "Wrestling+" warm-up program on Functional Movement Screen scores in cadet wrestlers. Methods. The study population included all cadet wrestlers of Rasht city where 24 freestyle wrestlers were selected by the convenience sampling, and further divided into intervention (n=12) and control (n=12) groups. The intervention group performed "Wrestling+" warm-up program for 12 weeks and three times a week while the control group performed routine warm-up during the period of research. Functional Movement Screen tests including Deep Squat (DS), Hurdle Step (HS), In-Line Lunge (ILL), Shoulder Mobility (SM), Active Straight Leg Raise (ASLR), Trunk Stability Push Up (PU), and Rotary Stability (RS) were used in pre-and post-program. Results. There was a significant increase in the total Functional Movement Screen, DS, HS, ILL, PU scores, while there were no significant differences in SM, ASLR, and RS scores in intervention group. Also, there was a %66.7 decrease in the number of wrestlers at high risk in Functional Movement Screen tests in the intervention group. There was no significant difference in any of the variables in the control group (p≥0.05). Conclusion. The results of this study suggested that the "Wrestling+" warm-up program can improve the fundamental movement patterns and finally it may prevent the potential injuries.

Background and aim: Intense training and competition lead to fatigue and muscular imbalance in wrestlers that cause postural abnormalities. Thus, it is important to identify these changes and the related mechanisms to prevent musculoskeletal and sports injuries among wrestlers. The present study is a comprehensive review of the literature on postural changes in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers. Materials and Methods: This paper offers a thorough review of the literature on changes in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers. It encompasses a series of search queries from inception to Mar 2020 from existing databases including PubMed/MEDLINE, EBSCO Web of Science, Science Direct, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Clinical Trials, Google Scholar, and Scopus. A host of other publications were also reviewed manually. Once candidate papers were extracted, the title and abstract were studied and those meeting the inclusion criteria were selected for further analysis and the others were discarded. Results: A total number of 11 papers were selected. Overall, 4 papers studied postural changes in wrestlers; 2 studied Q angle and flat foot; and 5 compared the two wrestling styles. Conclusion: Results show that estimated changes in kyphosis, lordosis, forward shoulder, forward head, Q angle, and flat foot were higher among wrestlers. However, kyphosis angle was higher among freestyle wrestlers while a higher lordosis angle was observed for Greco-Roman wrestlers. Moreover, a higher degree of flat foot and Q angle was observed in the dominant leg of experienced freestyle wrestlers. Results of forward shoulder and forward head were contradictory and more studied need to be done.