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Stabilizer Muscles, Definition, Types, Functions, Uses, Location, Clinical importanceDefinition: These muscles stabilize the bones of origin of the agonists and increases their efficiency for production of movement.Examples of Stabilizer muscles:Iliopsoas: Iliacus stabilizes the pelvis and hip joints and thus indirectly influences spinalposture. Psoas assists in stabilizing the lumbar spine in the frontal plane, especially whenContinueContinue reading “Stabilizer Muscles: Definition, Types, Function and Clinical Importance”

Details on Plyometric Training in Physiotherapy: Definition, Types, Techniques, Benefits and PDF NotesDefinition: Plyometric training is defined as a system of high-velocity resistance trainingcharacterized by a rapid eccentric contraction during which the muscle elongates, immediately followed by a rapid reversal of movement with a resisted shortening contraction of the same muscle. Plyometric training also calledContinueContinue reading “Plyometric Training in Physiotherapy: Definition, Types, Benefits and Notes”

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Knee Joint Exercises, Exercise Program, Knee OA, Knee pain, Exercise Protocol, Quad Sets, PDF Notes Quadriceps Setting (Quad Sets)Patient position: Supine, sitting in a chair (with the heel on the floor) or long-sittingwith the knee extended (or flexed a few degrees) but not hyperextended.Procedure: Have the patient contract the quadriceps isometrically, causing the patella toContinueContinue reading “Free Knee Joint Exercises: Physiotherapy Exercise Program, Knee OA”