flexion

Preposition: of

• spine: Kyphosis is defined to be a forward flexion of the spine of at least 40 degrees from vertical.

Converse of object

• resist: The symptoms are reproduced by resisted flexion of the wrist.
• involve: This exercise involves the flexion and extension of the lower back.
• increase: The landing movement should involve an upright torso position, and increased knee flexion on impact should be encouraged.

Adjective modifier

• plantar: In plantar flexion, the toes move away from - rather than toward - the shin.
• lumbar: The reduction of chronic non-specific low back pain through the control of early morning lumbar flexion.
• lateral: However, the vertebral column also allows for flexion, extension, rotation and lateral flexion with the help of several muscles.
• spinal: He saw his GP on 25th August 1988, who found pain on spinal flexion but no other problems.
• repeated: For example, runner's knee is related to the repeated knee flexion as the foot strikes the ground many times during a run.
• excessive: The abnormal postures that occur with spasticity can include excessive flexion or extension of the limbs.

Modifies a noun

• contracture: Hammer Toe: This is a flexion contracture of the PIP joint with hyperextension of the MTP joint.
• deformity: How do you manage someone with painful bilateral hips with 30 degrees fixed flexion deformity.
• exercise: Different exercise therapies compared Eight trials compared different types of exercise therapy - mainly isometric flexion exercises compared with extension exercises.
• movement: The arms tend to be most frequently involved in a sudden flexion movement.

Noun used with modifier

• elbow: Avoid elbow flexion in the short term ( not for chronic cases ).
• knee: In the case of poor knee flexion the measurement taken should be to the tips of the toes.
• hip: The changes in the arteries induced by hip flexion were observed.
• wrist: He noted a recovery of 80 % of grip strength and loss of no more than 20° of wrist flexion.
• ankle: I would then do 20 ankle flexion exercises with each leg.
• trunk: Results: Neither moving the head forward or trunk flexion caused significant movement of the median nerve.