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knee extension against gravity - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

knee extension against gravity

Sit on stool, extend knee fully against gravity, hold, then return to starting position.

Starting position
sitting
Joints
knee
Muscles
quadriceps
Equipment
stool
Goal
postural correction, endurance
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Sit on a stool with feet on the floor. Straighten the knee forward, hold before bending the knee to starting position.

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.