Flexion
noun
The action of bending, or the condition of being bent.
She did some flexion exercises for her strained muscles.
Often appears as...
- flexion exercises
- flexion movement
noun
A bending movement around a joint in a limb such as the knee or elbow.
The doctor was checking the flexion of my knee after the surgery.
Often appears as...
- knee flexion
- elbow flexion
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Formal
Technical
noun
The action or state of increasing the angle between the parts of a joint.
The doctor recommended more flexion exercises to improve my joint health.
Often appears as...
- flexion angle
- flexion deformity
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A way to modify a verb to show tense, mood, voice, etc.
Flexion is an important aspect of verb conjugation in many languages.
Often appears as...
- verb flexion
- flexional ending
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The action of bending, or the condition of being bent.
She did some flexion exercises for her strained muscles.
Often appears as...
- flexion exercises
- flexion movement
noun
A bending movement around a joint in a limb such as the knee or elbow.
The doctor was checking the flexion of my knee after the surgery.
Often appears as...
- knee flexion
- elbow flexion
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
The action or state of increasing the angle between the parts of a joint.
The doctor recommended more flexion exercises to improve my joint health.
Often appears as...
- flexion angle
- flexion deformity
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A way to modify a verb to show tense, mood, voice, etc.
Flexion is an important aspect of verb conjugation in many languages.
Often appears as...
- verb flexion
- flexional ending
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/1Exercise Context
Used to describe activities that increase flexibility or strength by bending body parts.
Her morning routine includes flexion stretches for her back.
Pro Tip 1/1Exercise Context
Used to describe activities that increase flexibility or strength by bending body parts.
Her morning routine includes flexion stretches for her back.
Pro Tip 1/1Exercise Context
Used to describe activities that increase flexibility or strength by bending body parts.
Her morning routine includes flexion stretches for her back.
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Video examples
Sick Hedgehog goes for...
and warm to help with the muscles because there's no point in putting them in cold water that's not really gonna help the muscles this is effectively the shallow end but if you look at those back feet you can see that there's not the flexion in the foot so what we're going to do is as we swim we find that it will start coming but I'm just going
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Todd Kuiken: A...
where we've added some wrist flexion and shoulder joints to get up to six motors, or six degrees of freedom. And we've had the opportunity to work with some very advanced arms that were funded by the U.S. military, using these prototypes, that had up to 10 different degrees of freedom including movable hands.
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A prosthetic arm that...
flexion and extension and also have the hand close and open Thank You minna no this is this is a research arm but it's made out of commercial components from here down and a few that I've borrowed from around the world it's about seven
Video examples
Sick Hedgehog goes for...
and warm to help with the muscles because there's no point in putting them in cold water that's not really gonna help the muscles this is effectively the shallow end but if you look at those back feet you can see that there's not the flexion in the foot so what we're going to do is as we swim we find that it will start coming but I'm just going
Video examples
Todd Kuiken: A...
where we've added some wrist flexion and shoulder joints to get up to six motors, or six degrees of freedom. And we've had the opportunity to work with some very advanced arms that were funded by the U.S. military, using these prototypes, that had up to 10 different degrees of freedom including movable hands.
Video examples
A prosthetic arm that...
flexion and extension and also have the hand close and open Thank You minna no this is this is a research arm but it's made out of commercial components from here down and a few that I've borrowed from around the world it's about seven
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