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Definition of Hyperextends
1. hyperextend [v] - See also: hyperextend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperextends
Literary usage of Hyperextends
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Orthopedic Surgery by Augustus Thorndike (1907)
"The cervical spine, excluding the atlas, flexes enough to lose its lordosis, and
hyperextends considerably; side bending and twisting are permitted ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1912)
"This is what occurs when a man falling on his outstretched arm hyperextends his
elbow. The same mechanism of hyperextension causes luxation of the knee, ..."
3. The Year Book of Pediatrics (1903)
"The two points of interest in Lorenz' treatment of these cases are that he
hyperextends the knee (a doubtful advantage) to avoid the subsequent necessity ..."
4. Gait Analysis in the Science of Rehabilitation edited by Joel A. DeLisa (2000)
"During the stance phase of the gait cycle, the knee hyperextends, which, over
time, leads to degenerative changes of the knee joint. ..."
5. A Treatise on Orthopaedic Surgery by Royal Whitman (1919)
"... hand pressing downward on the convexity, with tlle other lifts the right thigh
of the patient, hyperextends it and draws it upward and toward the left, ..."
6. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1921)
"For support in such a case we may use a cock-up palmar splint which hyperextends
the wrist only, but which carries a terminal metal loop to which are ..."
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