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knee extension isometric exercise - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

knee extension isometric exercise

Isometric knee extension performed in sitting against resistance from the contralateral leg.

Starting position
sitting
Joints
knee
Muscles
quadriceps
Equipment
chair
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
resisted, isometric

How it is done

Sit on a chair keeping Hips and knees at 90 degrees angle. Straighten exercising leg to 80 degrees and place the foot of other leg on the straighten leg just above the ankle. Noe straighten the exercising leg against the resistance of other leg. Release the resistance and relax.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.