Sentence examples for maintain extension from inspiring English sources

Although extending the fixator across the knee can maintain extension, it is uncomfortable.

I prefer to apply a light cast to the thigh and a Thomas splint, elevate the foot of the bed and by a combination of weights strung over a pulley and the patient's own weight, maintain extension until the fracture is firmly enough united so that either a cast or a walking caliper may be used.

On the other hand there is also evidence that they may help in maintaining extension of digits especially where the PIP joint is involved.

As surgery is primarily aimed at releasing contracted tissues and splints designed to maintain this extension, total extension deficit is an important clinical measure of change and a more proximate outcome.

Immediately after surgery, the patients had rigid knee extension braces to maintain knee extension during resting periods.

So if this method of development catches on, it could help Firefox maintain its extension lead.

When the characteristic time for self-adjustment is shorter than the period of a cycle of stretch, then the SFs can self-equilibrate to maintain SF extension at the set-point level.

Subjects perform the concentric phase, maintain full extension, and perform the eccentric phase of each repetition over 2, 1, and 2 seconds, respectively.

A roll was positioned under the puncture site to keep it parallel to the floor, and the extremity was taped to maintain optimal extension.

Focus groups suggested formal ergonomic assessment for specific work tasks and practices, for example manually assisting patients to maintain knee extension during gait training, and using this information to develop guidelines for safe clinical practice.

While spines continually plunge beneath the level of the waist, legs kick explosively above it or maintain powerful extensions like searchlights.