Objective To explore the intervention effect of muscle energy technique（MET） combined with yoga training on university students with upper-crossed syndrome（UCS）.Methods Fifty college students who met the diagnostic criteria of UCS in a college in Huaihua City were selected as the subjects and divided into a control group（n=24） and a study group（n=26） using the random number method.Patients in the control group were trained with MET

and patients in the study group were trained with yoga after receiving MET.The frequency of intervention in both groups was 5 times per week

30 min per time

which lasted for 2 months.The visual analogue scale（VAS） scores

forward shoulder angle（FSA） and forward head angle（FHA） were compared before and after the intervention in the two groups.Results There was no statistically significant difference in VAS score

FHA and FSA before the intervention between the 2 groups（P>0.05）.After the intervention

the FHA and FSA of patients in the 2 groups were smaller compared with pre-intervention

and the angle of improvement of FHA and FSA in the study group were greater than those in the control group

and the differences were statistically significant（P<0.05）.After the intervention

the VAS scores of patients in both groups were lower compared with pre-intervention

and the study group had lower VAS scores than the control group

and the improvement of VAS was higher than that in the control group

and the differences were statistically significant（P <0.05）.Conclusion MET in combination with yoga training can effectively relieve the symptoms of shoulder and neck pain in UCS patients and improve the abnormal posture of round shoulder and neck forward flexion in daily life.