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* To evaluate the effects of a 32-weeks resistance and stretching training program applied in Physical Education classes on forward head and protracted shoulder Portuguese adolescents (15-17 years old). * To evaluate on adolescents submitted to strength and stretching exercises the effects of a 16-week detraining period after the end of the intervention protocol.

Posture Disorders in Children

Inclusion Criteria: adolescents with 15-17 years old with cervical angle lower than 50º and the shoulder angle lower than 52º Exclusion Criteria: Participants were excluded if their CV and SH angle was equal or higher than 50º and 52º respectively, if they had visual deficits, diagnosed balance disorders, musculoskeletal pathologies, such as a history of shoulder surgery, cervical or thoracic fracture, were non-ambulatory, displayed functional or structural scoliosis, or had excessive thoracic kyphosis.