Physical Education A-Level
Flexion
What Flexion means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Movement that raises the arm forwards at the shoulder, as in the upward phase of a front raise, or lifts the thigh forwards at the hip, as in the knee lift during running.
Decreases the angle between the two bones meeting at the joint.
Topics that use Flexion
Related terms
- Abduction
- Adduction
- Agonist
- Applied analysis of sporting techniques
- Concentric
- Eccentric
- Extension
- Frontal plane and sagittal axis
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