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Abstract Background: Nowadays due to change in postural habits, prolonged static load, working posture, involving neck and shoulder muscles are exposed to increase of shoulder and musculoskeletal disorders. Among young adults, complains concerning the musculoskeletal system are most frequently reported from neck, shoulder and back. Because of these changes there may be alteration in scapular positions. Thus this changes in scapular position causes many effects as body structure and functions, cervical pain, change in head posture. Thus there is need to be carried out to find out correlation of change in scapular positions with neck pain and head posture. Method: 65 healthy young adults (age group 18-26yr) were selected for study on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria. The change in scapular positions was assessed using modified lateral scapular slide test. Neck pain was assessed using VAS scale. Head posture (craniovertebral angle) was assessed using MB ruler software. Results: It was found that there exists a negative correlation between scapular positions and craniovertebral angle (r value= -0.074, p value= 0.569) Conclusion: The study concluded that , there exists a significant correlation between scapular position and head posture and there is no correlation between scapular position and neck pain. Key words: scapular position, neck pain, head posture, modified lateral scapular slide test, craniovertebral angle.