Physical Education A-Level
Extension
What Extension means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Movement that returns the arm from flexion towards the anatomical position, as in the downward phase of a front raise, or drives the thigh backwards at the hip, as in the push-off phase of sprinting.
Increases the angle between the two bones back towards the straight position.
Topics that use Extension
Related terms
- Abduction
- Adduction
- Agonist
- Applied analysis of sporting techniques
- Concentric
- Eccentric
- Flexion
- Frontal plane and sagittal axis
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