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leg extensor

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Noun1.leg extensorleg extensor - an exercise designed to strengthen the extensor muscles of the leg
leg exercise - exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles


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A recent systematic review of progressive resistive training in elderly people has shown a strong positive effect on leg extensor muscle force with moderate- to high-intensity training.
The results of our study indicate that knee pain, especially in the anterior portion of the knee, is not affected differently by exercises of the leg extensors with the lower extremity distally fixated or not fixated in the early period of rehabilitation following ACL reconstruction surgery.
Strengthening exercises consisted of the use of pulleys, dumbbells, stair climbing, and medicine-ball exercises for leg extensors and flexors, shoulder muscles, and abdominal muscles.
 
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