But while most exercises incorporate flexion and extension, nearly all of them focus ... The biceps curl, on the other hand, emphasizes bending the elbow to bring the forearm closer to the upper ...

Hinge joints allow flexion and extension only. Flexion – bending a joint. This occurs when the angle of a joint decreases. For example, the elbow flexes when performing a biceps curl.

1 Division of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 2 School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science ... Main outcome measures ...

During groundstrokes, observed flexion and extension range was much less averaging 11(46–35 ... Tennis places the ligamentous, osseous, musculotendinous and neural structures of the elbow at increased ...

Wrist extension exercise stretches the muscles ... especially those that involve gripping. Wrist flexion exercise stretches the muscles in the outer forearm. People can repeat this sequence ...