Sentences with phrase «greater knee motion»

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The results showed that when the range of motion is greater, the hips pick up more of the load, compared to the knees and the ankles.

Standing knee raises and standing hip abduction exercises (10 repetitions of each, three to four times each day) are a great way to increase range of motion and flexibility.

Taking the trunk as multiple segments, List et al. (2013) found that peak thoracic trunk angle was greater when artificially restricting forward knee motion using visual cues compared to unrestricted squats, and peak lumbar trunk angle displayed a non-significant trend in the same direction.

Similarly, randomized controlled trials in which yoga was used to alleviate the pain of osteoarthritis in the knee have shown larger improvements in walking pain, knee disability, joint tenderness, swelling and crepitus, as well as greater range of motion when compared to therapeutic exercises or a combination of transcutaneous stimulation and ultrasound treatment.

Tai Chi will work on most joint ranges of motion (not your shoulders, but everything else), and teaches you great posture and movement mechanics like how to lunge and squat without hurting your knees.

They tested joint angles from long (90 degrees of knee flexion) to short (30 degrees of knee flexion) muscle lengths, expecting to see greater gains for the isotonic group at both ends of the range of motion, where loading was higher than in the middle.