Assertion: hamstring | /r/CapableOf | act as brake
Facets:
value: at the flexing hip
type: OTHER
value: on a car
type: LOCATION
value: to slow the speed
type: PURPOSE
value: in the forward bend
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: For the hamstring attachment to be protected, we want to draw the energy from the sit bone toward the knee, so that the hamstring will act as a brake in the forward bend.
text: The hamstrings act like a break to control you as you land.
text: Your hamstrings also function like brakes on a car to slow the speed at which you swing your leg forward while kicking or running.
text: In a forward bend, the hamstring stretches eccentrically, acting as a brake as it lengthens, thus balancing strength and suppleness while sparing yourself from hamstring tendonitis.
text: A lower H : Q ratio suggests a relatively poor capacity for the hamstrings to act as ‘brakes’ at the flexing hip and extending knee joints during the terminal swing phase of running.