The research was conducted at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Niš and during the regular athletic trainings of the Athletic Association of Serbia, on a group of athletes which consisted of 26 male individuals with top results in particular disciplines. The determination of the shoulder angle (SA) was carried out between the line that connects the acromial point at the basis of the neck and the horizontal axis on both left and right side; the thoracic angle was determined between the acromial distance and the line that connects the acromial point with the umbilicus on both the left and right side. The ImageJ program was used on the set of digital photographs in the frontal aspect of the participants. The mean value of the SA on the left and right side in top athletes is in accordance with the anthropometric standards. There is no statistically significant difference in the angle values among the short, medium and long distance runners. If separate values of the angles are observed, the most regular position of the shoulders can be found among jumpers and short track runners, and the most irregular one in pitchers (disc and ball). The higher or lower SA changes the TA on the corresponding side so an irregular angle is formed which originates when the acromial points are joined with the umbilicus. The method applied in measuring the angles, the ImageJ digital program, is simple, precise and objective and it can be used in the research of anthropometric parameters.
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