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Active Knee Extension
KneeStrengthening
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Description
The patient is in a prone position, with a straight back and the ankles flexed so that the toes point towards the table. The patient is instructed to contract the quadriceps muscle while pushing through the toes to extend the knee as much as possible. The position is then held, and the patient completely relaxes and rests the knees on the table.
Settings
- Equipment
- No Equipment
- Positions
- Prone Position
- Muscle groups
- Knee extensors
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Movement
- Extension
- Contraction mode
- Concentric
