It should come as no surprise that exercise is a medicine for the maladies that occur as we age. Along with other age-related ...

SITTING hunched over a laptop or sleeping funny leaving you feeling stiff? If getting out of bed or picking something up from the floor is making you say ‘ooh’ and ‘ahhh’, you’ll likely benefit ...

If you’re ever unsure, keep this simple maxim in mind: flexion is forward and extension is backward. The exceptions to that rule are exercises that involve bending the knee (e.g., hamstring curl).

Flexion and extension describe the basic ways your body moves at its joints. ... The exceptions to that rule are exercises that involve bending the knee (e.g., hamstring curl). For those, ...

Introduction. Interest in barefoot and minimalist shoe running has surged in recent times. Laboratory studies have shown that barefoot running alters foot-strike landing patterns and the impact peak ...

In this paper we investigated on the possibility of using a wearable kinesthetic system for monitoring flexion-extension of the knee joint during deambulation. The final goal was to provide an ...

Subjects were only included if there was clear evidence of VL muscle dominance11 assessed using surface electromyography (EMG) during isometric extension in 30° of knee flexion. In individuals without ...

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Flexion and extension describe the basic ways your body moves at its joints. Here's what that means for your workouts and training.