Sentence examples for maintaining extension from inspiring English sources

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

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.

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.

All patients were maintaining full extension of the knee at the final follow-up.

Advice on maintaining knee extension and attendance to a regular physiotherapy programme was given.

All patients were maintaining full extension of the knee at the final follow-up, and all patients noticed a significant improvement in their gait pattern.

The custom fabricated orthosis described in this article is designed to support the thumb in a position of palmar abduction and opposition while maintaining CMC extension and an adequately open web space to prevent soft tissue contracture.

Lfng plays a role in maintaining axial extension, a process whereby axial progenitor cells which lie at the chordoneural hinge of the tailbud generate caudal growth of the embryo and elongation of the body axis [32], [33], [34].

It could be argued that a splint may assist in maintaining finger extension however anecdotal evidence suggest that patients often complain that after a night of wearing a splint they find it difficult to flex their digits or make a fist.

Subjects were instructed to perform right hip extension in prone position while maintaining knee-extension in each measurement condition.