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For those patients, leg extension would be a necessary step toward recovery — the goal being to restore balance and symmetry rather than to walk away a few inches taller.

Health Colin Hoobler: Using safe range of motion is the key to leg extensions Updated: Nov. 23, 2010, 11:35 p.m. | Published: Nov. 23, 2010, 10:35 p.m.

Repeat the leg extension for the desired number of repetitions, typically 8-12 for muscle hypertrophy and 12-15 for muscular endurance. I added the leg extension machine to my leg day routine ...

For the rectus femoris muscle, the study observed a 15.8% increase in distal muscle thickness with the leg extension performed in the recumbent position, compared to a 10.9% increase in the ...