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Lying prone, perform hip extension with knee flexion and repeat hip extension with knee extension. ...
Lying prone, perform hip extension with knee flexion and repeat hip extension with knee extension. What muscles are being used? O What changes between the motions? What position of the knee is optimal for gluteus maximus strengthening? Why? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Analyzing the activity of moving from sitting to standing, and the reverse motion of moving from standing to sitting. Perform these activities and then analyze how the subject in Figures 1-5 performed those activities. ? Which muscle groups are acting as prime movers? Describe the type of muscle contractions being used? Explain when these muscle contractions are occuring.
Ans.)While extending hip, with knee flexion in prone position: -During this movement the muscles involved are the gluteus maximus and the hamstrings(semitendonsosus , semimembraneosus, biceps femoris) in short lever(since knee is flexed). While exten