Examples of flexion include: Extension makes the joint angle larger ... The biceps curl, on the other hand, emphasizes bending the elbow to bring the forearm closer to the upper arm, making ...

Wrist flexion and extension exercises can help strengthen the triquetral bone. Sit with your forearm resting on a table, palm ...

Hold a hammer or stick vertically in one hand with your elbow at a 90-degree angle by your side. Rotate your forearm to bring ...

In 1999, the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) recommended bedside flexion/extension (F/E) fluoroscopy for patients with severe TBI who have normal results on three-view ...

Hinge joints allow flexion and extension only. Flexion – bending a joint. This occurs when the angle of a joint decreases. For example, the elbow flexes when performing a biceps curl.

UNDER the above heading in your issue of January 18, 1872, Dr. Elliot Coues describes the peculiar movements made by the bones of the wing of the bird in flexion and extension. It may interest ...

This leads (usually in young males) to progressive degeneration of the motor anterior horn cells of the cervical spinal cord and atrophic hand muscle paralysis as a result of head flexion-related ...