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PURPOSE: To evaluate the acute (AE-after each session) and late effects (LE-after 10 sessions) of the passive stretching (PS) and the CRO, on hamstring muscles in healthy young women.

METHODS: Ten women aged 18-30 yrs, BMI of 22.5±0.9 kg/m 2 were submitted to 10 consecutive flexibility sessions on week days. They received PS (one 30 sec repetition) on one thigh and CRO in the other. The application of PS or CRO was randomly assigned to each volunteer by an unique researcher. Popliteal angle (PA) was measured before and after each session by another researcher, blinded to the flexibility method. All measurements were made at the point that produced an uncomfortable sensation without pain, during the passive knee extension, in dorsal decubitus, with hip at 90 and the opposite leg extended. The PA was re-evaluated 14 days after the end of the program, to search for flexibility maintenance. The …