Sentence examples for flexion muscles from inspiring English sources

Presumably, the BWS provides a longer swing phase and theoretically lowers the working demand of the hip flexion muscles [12].

The task was identical for the two groups, but in Group 1, tracking was achieved by activating the plantar flexion muscles, whereas in Group 2, the tracking force was achieved by the opposite movement direction activating the dorsiflexor muscles (fig. 1A and 1C).

A high percentage of MVIC indicates high muscle activation in extension muscles (EDC) and/or flexion muscles (FCR).

Recently, O'Leary compared isometric cranio-cervical flexion and conventional cervical flexion and found no significant differences between these two tests in the activation of the deep cervical flexion muscles.

The peak torque (Nm) of the knee extension and flexion muscle strength was recorded.

No differences were found between assessments (before vs. after) for the one-leg hop test, knee extension or flexion muscle strength in the EMLA group or placebo group.

Moreover, isometric hip flexion muscle strength was still decreased in eight patients 2.5 years after arthroscopic surgery when compared with healthy controls.

PCT significantly improved trunk flexion muscle strength in comparison with CBTr and REF separately (p =.01 and.045) in intention-to-treat and in the aggregated analysis (p =.01).

Thereafter, subjects were instructed to perform three MVCs (duration 5 s, recovery 60 s) of the plantar-flexion muscles.

Normalized RMS values were computed, with an active head extension (from full-flexion) muscle burst as reference.

During knee flexion, the muscles of the upper leg impose various loads on the underlying femoropopliteal artery resulting in radial compression, bending, torsion, axial extension and axial compression.