Williams flexion exercises (WFE) – also called Williams lumbar flexion exercises – are a set of related physical exercises intended to enhance lumbar flexion...

patients. McKenzie exercises involve spinal extension exercises, as opposed to Williams flexion exercises, which involve lumbar flexion exercises. There is only...

Who Named It? Williams Flexion Exercises Paul C. Williams Orthopedics Treatment of low back pain by enhancing lumbar flexion Williams P.C. (1937), “Lesions...

section stretches in knee flexion but not in knee extension and the posteromedial bundle stretches in extension rather than flexion. In this position, the...

therapeutic stretches. A few stretch modalities or eccentric exercises such as toe extension and flexion and calf and heel stretch are beneficial in lowering...

preparation for sport demands. Thus exercises like the Upright-Hip-Extension and Nordic Hamstring Curl without Hip Flexion in isolation will not adequately...

mobilizing exercises. 1962 While H. A. DeVries, L. E. Holt and others wandered from this course, P. Williams (1937) utilized procedures for his flexion exercises...

training or resistance training, involves the performance of physical exercises that are designed to improve physical strength. It is often associated...

Hips – Common problems in the hips are tight hip flexors, which causes poor lifting posture, hip flexion contracture, which means the lack of postural awareness...

also adducted and externally rotated with knee flexion, knee internal rotation, and slight plantar flexion at the ankle joint on the kicking leg to prepare...

tunnel, and positive elbow flexion test (elicitation of paresthesia in the small and ring finger with sustained elbow flexion) establish the diagnosis....

Classically, the symptoms and pain of NC are relieved by a change in position or flexion of the waist. Therefore, patients with NC have less disability in climbing...

over both menisci during extension-flexion.: 212–213  The center of the transverse axis of the extension/flexion movements is located where both collateral...

degree of flexion depends on whether it is a superior or inferior dislocation, with the former resulting in hip extension and the latter, hip flexion. This...

rotation); wrist (volar and ulnar); hand (fingers in fixed flexion and thumb in palm); hip (flexed, abducted and externally rotated, frequently dislocated);...

on his or her back with knee extended from flexed position. A patella that slips laterally on early flexion is called the J sign, and indicates imbalance...

passive motion tends to be less painful. The patient performs an isometric flexion contraction against resistance of the therapist (Speed’s Test). When the...

Imbalance of the muscles can lead to an anterior pelvic tilt, increased hip flexion, and lumbar hyperlordosis of the lumbar spine. This increases the pressure...

section stretches in knee flexion but not in knee extension and the posteromedial bundle stretches in extension rather than flexion. The function of the PCL...

acting via the tendon, cause plantar flexion of the foot at the ankle joint, and (except the soleus) flexion at the knee. Abnormalities of the Achilles...

qualifies as shallow. Though the forces on the ACL and PCL decrease at high flexion, compressive forces on the menisci and articular cartilages in the knee...

first biceps screws in the cork (supination), then it pulls the cork out (flexion). The biceps is one of three muscles in the anterior compartment of the...

standing. Symptoms occur with extension of spine and are relieved with spine flexion. Minimal to zero symptoms when seated or supine. Radiculopathy (with or...

muscles in the forearm. It controls abduction of the thumb, flexion of hand at wrist, flexion of digital phalanx of the fingers, is the sensory nerve for...

<90 degrees constitutes AF, another definition is flexion contracture >10 degrees, or inability to flex the knee >100 degrees. AF is a diagnosis of exclusion;...

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spinal mobility and chest expansion, with a limitation of anterior flexion, lateral flexion, and extension of the lumbar spine are seen. Systemic features...

to restricted ankle joint range of motion(ROM). Calf muscle stretching exercises are normally helpful to increase the ankle joint dorsiflexion and used...

stimulation can also be used.[citation needed] Occupational therapy to provide exercises and coping mechanisms to improve the patient's ability to perform activities...

left); also moving forward and backward (cervical flexion and extension). Excessive extension and flexion can disrupt the vertebrae.[citation needed] There...