Sentences with phrase «involving knee bending»

Activities involving knee bending were also assessed.

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Some parents, however find the seat position in the front awkward to steer with, and pedaling sometimes involves bending your knees out to the side, making the parent feel as though they're pedaling like a frog.

Runners have a high rate of patellofemoral pain syndrome, in part because the motion of running involves bending the knee so many times.

This helps to develop power in the quadricep muscles (amongst others) as landing into a squat position involves an eccentric contraction of the quads to decrease rapid knee bending, before a concentric contraction to straighten the knees and jump up.

When performing exercises on a vibration machine that involves standing, always maintain a slight bend in the knees.

Correspondingly, the five phases that can be described between these positions are as follows: (1) the first pull happens between the ground and when the bar reaches knee level and is initiated by knee and hip extension; (2) the transition happens when the barbell is between knee level and the power position and involves a shift in the position of the body relative to the barbell, which involves a brief period of knee flexion and is therefore referred to as the double knee bend (Enoka, 1979; 1988); (3) the second pull is the most powerful phase of the lift and occurs while the barbell is between the power position and the lifter is in triple extension; (4) turnover occurs as the lifter quickly drops down under the bar from the triple extension position to the catch position, in a deep front squat; (5) recovery into the standing position occurs as the lifter stands from the catch position to upright.

Performing a triple extension involves moving from a position in which the hips, knees and ankles are bent, to a fully extended position in which all three joints are locked.

Since strength is specific, then: strength training exercises or exercise variations involving moderately flexed peak knee angles, very flexed hip and trunk angles, and some torso rotation or lateral bend may be most valuable for improving COD ability.

This may imply that exercises involving peak contractions when the knee is bent (like leg curls) are more effective at developing the hamstrings.

The cruciate ligament is a part of the knee joint and is involved in stabilizing the leg when it bends and turns.