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Flexion
Flexion is a joint motion. The exact motion depends on the joint. Wrist: with palm down, in direction of palm elbow: up towards face shoulder: in front of body ankle: down like pushing gas pedal knee: bending hip: lifting knee towards chest.
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: flexion?
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A male asked:
How long until I return back to basketball? Each dribble hurts with the flexion "aspect." It has been 3 weeks and 1 day. When will I be better?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Can extreme forward flexion re injure a disc herniation or make it worse?
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A 48-year old asked:
Why does my wrist judder when doing wrist flexion exercise?
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A 39-year old asked:
Help plz! Can removal of of trigonum improve plantar flexion?
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A 35-year old asked:
Are the muscles responsible for twisting rotation the same ones responsible for body flexion (abs, sides)?
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A 31-year old asked:
Why does my wrist hurt with extension and flexion?
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A 39-year old asked:
Please help, what can I do to get my knee flexion back?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I was just diagnosed with spondylolisthesis 9-10 mm anterolisthesis L5 on S1, in neutral, flexion and extension. What "grade" does this mean?
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A 26-year old male asked:
I have pain in the middle of my arm and with quick flexion sometimes feel something pop. What might be causing this. I had a slap tear fixed 11/13?
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A 33-year old asked:
What is hip flexion and what muscles create it?
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A 44-year old asked:
Are there any calf muscles used in foot flexion?
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A 36-year old asked:
Severe knee pain only on flexion. What am I possibly dealing with?
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A 34-year old asked:
What muscle groups are the most important in flexion and extension of the elbow?
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A 37-year old asked:
How do I get my knee flexion back? Got weak and can't stand from sitting on floor.
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A 17-year old female asked:
Is internal abduction, flexion and extension a positive test for iliopsoas snapping?
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A 25-year old female asked about a 79-year old female:
If l3-s1 is fused, what movements are absolutely contraindicated? Beyond forward flexion and twisting?
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A 57-year old male asked:
Spondylolisthesis with flexion. Extension level 3.55 mm of anterolisthesis.flexion is 5.99, neutral 3.77 mm, mod central stenosis. l4-5 anterolisthes?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I started to have strong jerks in my arms, shoulders, and flexion of my back. I can drop an object if the jerks are too strong. It usually starts in the morning or early afternoon, especially when I get up early. Also jerks happen to flickering ligh
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A 42-year old asked:
What is the rate of fatigue of knee flexion and extension?
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A 40-year old asked:
Why would the rate of fatigue be similar for knee flexion and extension?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Is the gastrocnemius or soleus responsible for plantar flexion of the toes?
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A 20-year old female asked:
What would cause sharp intermittent knee pain, worse on flexion. No obvious swelling. Pain for a few days then settles for a week or two. ?
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A male asked:
m three months out of ACL reconstruction surgery and bi menisci repair , I have only 100 degree of flexion and I haven't got the full extension yet?
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A male asked:
My wrist is hurt after boxing once. There is some swelling in the ulnar side, stiffness in flexion/extension, and pain internally/externally rotating ?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Is still classed as spinal cord compression if the cord is only pressed again anteriorly in flexion - with CSF space behind?
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A 43-year old female asked:
What does signal changes in the lateral and medial mensicus mean on an mri? What is a normal flexion of you knee suppose to be?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Can it be nerve root compression if straight leg raise, flexion, extension, side to side flexion of the torso, are all negative?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I hit my lateral elbow on the door frame hard. Sx: pain on olecranon and just anterior to it, pain w/ flexion & extension, pain w/grasping. Fractured?
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A 56-year old female asked:
I had a subtotal synovectomy on my knee a year ago, flexion normal, missing few degrees hyperextension, still stiff, pain doing stairs, what is wrong?
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