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US
/ˈfɫɛkʃən/
]
[ UK /flˈɛkʃən/ ]
[ UK /flˈɛkʃən/ ]
NOUN
- act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
- deviation from a straight or normal course
- the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
How To Use flexion In A Sentence
- Back in the mid-1980s, for example, knee replacement surgery was considered a success if the patient wound up with 90 degrees of flexion, which is "nothing near normal," he says. Latest News
- Normal hip range of motion includes abduction, adduction, circumduction, extension, and flexion.
- Normal hip range of motion includes abduction, adduction, circumduction, extension, and flexion.
- But up to sixty yards the lateral deflexion from wind is negligible; past this it may amount to three or four feet. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow
- The elbow joint is very stable and is limited to flexion and extension.
- With the participants in a supine position, we tested internal and external rotation, flexion, and extension of the hips.
- With biceps tendinosis, the physical examination reveals tenderness of the distal biceps tendon that increases with resisted flexion and supination.
- The navicular (scaphoid) and lunate (semilunar) are those most commonly fractured, usually by indirect violence, by forced dorsiflexion from a fall on the extended hand. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
- Muscle bulk, tone and strength were normal, but she displayed decreased range of motion in internal and external rotation, flexion and extension of both shoulders.
- This cup placement maintains flexion of the fetal head and avoids traction over the anterior fontanelle.
