Lincoln MKS (2016 year). Instruction — part 2

BOOSTER SEATS

WARNING

Never place, or allow a child to place,
the shoulder belt under a child's arm
or behind the back because it reduces

the protection for the upper part of the body
and may increase the risk of injury or death
in a crash.

Use a belt-positioning booster seat for
children who have outgrown or no longer
properly fit in a child safety seat (generally
children who are less than 4 feet 9 inches
(1.45 meters) tall, are greater than age four
(4) and less than age twelve (12), and
between 40 pounds (18 kilograms) and 80
pounds (36 kilograms) and upward to 100
pounds (45 kilograms) if recommended by
your child restraint manufacturer). Many
state and provincial laws require that children
use approved booster seats until they reach
age eight, a height of 4 feet 9 inches (1.45
meters) tall, or 80 pounds (36 kilograms).

Booster seats should be used until you can
answer YES to ALL of these questions when
seated without a booster seat:

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Can the child sit all the way back against
their vehicle seat back with knees bent
comfortably at the edge of the seat
cushion?

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Can the child sit without slouching?

•

Does the lap belt rest low across the
hips?

•

Is the shoulder belt centered on the
shoulder and chest?

•

Can the child stay seated like this for the
whole trip?

Always use booster seats in conjunction with
your vehicle lap and shoulder belt.

Types of Booster Seats

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Backless booster seats

If your backless booster seat has a removable
shield, remove the shield. If a vehicle seating
position has a low seat back or no head
restraint, a backless booster seat may place
your child's head (as measured at the tops
of the ears) above the top of the seat. In this
case, move the backless booster to another
seating position with a higher seat back or
head restraint and lap and shoulder belts, or
consider using a high back booster seat.

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Child Safety

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High back booster seats

If, with a backless booster seat, you cannot
find a seating position that adequately
supports your child's head, a high back
booster seat would be a better choice.

Children and booster seats vary in size and
shape. Choose a booster that keeps the lap
belt low and snug across the hips, never up
across the stomach, and lets you adjust the
shoulder belt to cross the chest and rest
snugly near the center of the shoulder. The

following drawings compare the ideal fit
(center) to a shoulder belt uncomfortably
close to the neck and a shoulder belt that
could slip off the shoulder. The drawings also
show how the lap belt should be low and
snug across the child's hips.

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Child Safety

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If the booster seat slides on the vehicle seat
upon which it is being used, placing a
rubberized mesh sold as shelf or carpet liner
under the booster seat may improve this
condition. Do not introduce any item thicker
than this under the booster seat. Check with
the booster seat manufacturer's instructions.

CHILD RESTRAINT
POSITIONING

WARNINGS

Airbags can kill or injure a child in a child
seat. Never place a rear-facing child
seat in front of an active airbag. If you

must use a forward-facing child seat in the
front seat, move the vehicle seat upon which
the child seat is installed all the way back.
When possible, all children age 12 and under
should be properly restrained in a rear seating
position. If all children cannot be seated and
restrained properly in a rear seating position,
properly restrain the largest child in the front
seat.

WARNINGS

Always carefully follow the instructions
and warnings provided by the
manufacturer of any child restraint to

determine if the restraint device is
appropriate for your child's size, height,
weight, or age. Follow the child restraint
manufacturer's instructions and warnings
provided for installation and use in
conjunction with the instructions and
warnings provided by your vehicle
manufacturer. A safety seat that is
improperly installed or utilized, is
inappropriate for your child's height, age, or
weight or does not properly fit the child may
increase the risk of serious injury or death.

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Child Safety

WARNINGS

Never let a passenger hold a child on
his or her lap while your vehicle is
moving. The passenger cannot protect

the child from injury in a crash, which may
result in serious injury or death.

Never use pillows, books, or towels to
boost a child. They can slide around
and increase the likelihood of injury or

death in a crash.

WARNINGS

Always restrain an unoccupied child
seat or booster seat. These objects may
become projectiles in a crash or sudden

stop, which may increase the risk of serious
injury.

WARNINGS

Never place, or allow a child to place,
the shoulder belt under a child's arm
or behind the back because it reduces

the protection for the upper part of the body
and may increase the risk of injury or death
in a crash.

To avoid risk of injury, do not leave
children or pets unattended in your
vehicle.

Recommendations for attaching child safety restraints for children

Use any attachment method as indicated below by X

Combined weight

of child and child

seat

Restraint Type

Safety belt only

Safety belt and

LATCH (lower

anchors and top

tether anchor)

Safety belt and top

tether anchor

LATCH (lower
anchors only)

LATCH (lower

anchors and top

tether anchor)

X

X

Up to 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Rear facing child

seat

X

Over 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Rear facing child

seat

X

X

X

Up to 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Forward facing

child seat

X

X

Over 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Forward facing

child seat

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Child Safety

Note: The child seat must rest tightly against
the vehicle seat upon which it is installed. It
may be necessary to lift or remove the head
restraint. See Seats (page 109).

CHILD SAFETY LOCKS

When these locks are set, the rear doors
cannot be opened from the inside.

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The childproof locks are located on the rear
edge of each rear door and must be set
separately for each door.

Left-Hand Side

Turn counterclockwise to lock and clockwise
to unlock.

Right-Hand Side

Turn clockwise to lock and counterclockwise
to unlock.

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Child Safety

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

WARNINGS

Always drive and ride with your
seatback upright and the lap belt snug
and low across the hips.

To reduce the risk of injury, make sure
children sit where they can be properly
restrained.

Never let a passenger hold a child on
his or her lap while your vehicle is
moving. The passenger cannot protect

the child from injury in a crash.

All occupants of your vehicle, including
the driver, should always properly wear
their seatbelts, even when an airbag

supplemental restraint system is provided.
Failure to properly wear your seatbelt could
seriously increase the risk of injury or death.

It is extremely dangerous to ride in a
cargo area, inside or outside of a
vehicle. In a crash, people riding in these

areas are more likely to be seriously injured
or killed. Do not allow people to ride in any
area of your vehicle that is not equipped with
seats and seatbelts. Be sure everyone in your
vehicle is in a seat and using a seatbelt
properly.

WARNINGS

In a rollover crash, an unbelted person
is significantly more likely to die than a
person wearing a seatbelt.

Each seating position in your vehicle
has a specific seatbelt assembly which
is made up of one buckle and one

tongue that are designed to be used as a pair.
1) Use the shoulder belt on the outside
shoulder only. Never wear the shoulder belt
under the arm. 2) Never swing the seatbelt
around your neck over the inside shoulder. 3)
Never use a single belt for more than one
person.

When possible, all children 12 years old
and under should be properly restrained
in a rear seating position. Failure to

follow this could seriously increase the risk
of injury or death.

Seatbelts and seats can become hot
in a vehicle that has been closed up in
sunny weather; they could burn a small

child. Check seat covers and buckles before
you place a child anywhere near them.

Front and rear seat occupants,
including pregnant women, should
wear seatbelts for optimum protection

in an accident.

All seating positions in your vehicle have lap
and shoulder seatbelts. All occupants of the
vehicle should always properly wear their
seatbelts, even when an airbag supplemental
restraint system is provided.

The seatbelt system consists of:
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Lap and shoulder seatbelts.

•

Shoulder seatbelt with automatic locking
mode, (except driver seatbelt).

•

Height adjuster at the front outboard
seating positions.

•

Seatbelt pretensioner at the front
outboard seating positions.

•

Belt tension sensor at the front outboard
passenger seating position.

· Seatbelt warning light and chime.

· Crash sensors and monitoring
system with readiness indicator.

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Seatbelts

The seatbelt pretensioners at the front
seating positions are designed to tighten the
seatbelts when activated. In frontal and
near-frontal crashes, the seatbelt
pretensioners may be activated alone or, if
the crash is of sufficient severity, together
with the front airbags. The pretensioners may
also activate when the Safety Canopy is
deployed.

FASTENING THE SEATBELTS

The front outboard and rear safety restraints
in the vehicle are combination lap and
shoulder belts.

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1.

Insert the belt tongue into the proper
buckle (the buckle closest to the direction
the tongue is coming from) until you hear
a snap and feel it latch. Make sure the
tongue is securely fastened in the buckle.

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2. To unfasten, press the release button and

remove the tongue from the buckle.

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When in use, the rear safety belts should be
placed in the belt guides on the outboard
seatbacks.

Using Safety Belts During Pregnancy

WARNING

Always ride and drive with your
seatback upright and the safety belt
properly fastened. The lap portion of

the safety belt should fit snug and be
positioned low across the hips. The shoulder
portion of the safety belt should be
positioned across the chest. Pregnant women
should also follow this practice. See the
following figure.

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Seatbelts

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Pregnant women should always wear their
safety belt. The lap belt portion of a
combination lap and shoulder belt should be
positioned low across the hips below the
belly and worn as tight as comfort will allow.
The shoulder belt should be positioned to
cross the middle of the shoulder and the
center of the chest.

Safety Belt Locking Modes

WARNINGS

After any vehicle crash, the safety belt
system at all passenger seating
positions must be checked by an

authorized dealer to verify that the automatic
locking retractor feature for child seats is still
functioning properly. In addition, all safety
belts should be checked for proper function.

The belt and retractor assembly must
be replaced if the safety belt assembly
automatic locking retractor feature or

any other safety belt function is not operating
properly when checked by an authorized
dealer. Failure to replace the belt and
retractor assembly could increase the risk of
injury in crashes.

All safety restraints in the vehicle are
combination lap and shoulder belts. The
driver safety belt has the first type of locking
mode, and the front outboard passenger and
rear seat safety belts have both types of
locking modes described as follows:

Vehicle Sensitive Mode

This is the normal retractor mode, which
allows free shoulder belt length adjustment
to your movements and locking in response
to vehicle movement. For example, if the
driver brakes suddenly or turns a corner
sharply, or the vehicle receives an impact of
about 5 mph (8 km/h) or more, the
combination safety belts will lock to help
reduce forward movement of the driver and
passengers.

In addition, the retractor is designed to lock
if the webbing is pulled out too quickly. If this
occurs, let the belt retract slightly and pull
webbing out again in a slow and controlled
manner.

Automatic Locking Mode

In this mode, the shoulder belt is
automatically pre-locked. The belt will still
retract to remove any slack in the shoulder
belt. The automatic locking mode is not
available on the driver safety belt.

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Seatbelts

When to Use the Automatic Locking Mode

This mode should be used any time a child
safety seat, except a booster, is installed in
passenger front or rear seating positions.
Children 12 years old and under should be
properly restrained in a rear seating position
whenever possible. See Child Safety (page
15).

How to Use the Automatic Locking Mode

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1.

Buckle the combination lap and shoulder
belt.

2. Grasp the shoulder portion and pull

downward until the entire belt is pulled
out.

Allow the belt to retract. As the belt retracts,
you will hear a clicking sound. This indicates
the safety belt is now in the automatic
locking mode.

How to Disengage the Automatic Locking
Mode

Unbuckle the combination lap and shoulder
belt and allow it to retract completely to
disengage the automatic locking mode and
turn on the vehicle sensitive (emergency)
locking mode.

Safety Belt Extension Assembly

WARNING

Do not use extensions to change the fit
of the shoulder belt across the torso.

If the safety belt is too short when fully
extended, you can obtain a safety belt
extension assembly from an authorized
dealer.

Use only extensions manufactured by the
same supplier as the safety belt.
Manufacturer identification is on a label
located either at the end of the webbing or
on the retractor behind the trim. Also, use the
safety belt extension only if the safety belt is
too short for you when fully extended.

SEATBELT HEIGHT
ADJUSTMENT

WARNING

Position the safety belt height adjusters
so that the belt rests across the middle
of your shoulder. Failure to adjust the

safety belt properly could reduce the
effectiveness of the safety belt and increase
the risk of injury in a crash.

Adjust the height of the shoulder belt so the
belt rests across the middle of your shoulder.

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To adjust the shoulder belt height:

1.

Press the button and slide the height
adjuster up or down.

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2. Release the button and pull down on the

height adjuster to make sure it is locked
in place.

SEATBELT WARNING LAMP AND
INDICATOR CHIME

This lamp illuminates and an
audible warning will sound if the
driver's safety belt has not been

fastened when the vehicle's ignition is turned
on.

Conditions of operation

Then...

If...

The safety belt warning light illuminates 1-2 minutes and the warning

chime sounds 4-8 seconds.

The driver's safety belt is not buckled before the ignition switch is

turned to the on position...

The safety belt warning light and warning chime turn off.

The driver's safety belt is buckled while the indicator light is illuminated

and the warning chime is sounding...

The safety belt warning light and indicator chime remain off.

The driver's safety belt is buckled before the ignition switch is turned

to the on position...

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SEATBELT REMINDER

Belt-Minder™

This feature supplements the safety belt
warning function by providing additional
reminders that intermittently sound a tone
and illuminate the safety belt warning light
when you are in the driver seat or you have a
front seat passenger and a safety belt is

unbuckled.

The system uses information from the front
passenger sensing system to determine if a
front seat passenger is present and therefore
potentially in need of a warning. To avoid
activating the Belt-Minder feature for objects
you place in the front passenger seat, only
the front seat passengers receive warnings
as determined by the front passenger sensing
system.

If the Belt-Minder warnings expire (warnings
for about five minutes) for one passenger
(driver or front passenger), the other
passenger can still cause the Belt-Minder
feature to turn on.

Then...

If...

The Belt-Minder feature will not activate.

You and the front seat passenger buckle your safety belts before you

switch the ignition on or less than 1-2 minutes elapse after you switch

the ignition on...

The Belt-Minder feature activates, the safety belt warning light illumin-

ates and a warning tone sounds for 6 seconds every 25 seconds,

repeating for about 5 minutes or until you and the front seat passenger

buckle your safety belts.

You or the front seat passenger do not buckle your safety belts before
your vehicle reaches at least 6 mph (9.7 km/h) and 1-2 minutes elapse

after you switch the ignition on...

The Belt-Minder feature activates, the safety belt warning light illumin-

ates and a warning tone sounds for 6 seconds every 25 seconds,

repeating for about 5 minutes or until you and the front seat passenger

buckle your safety belts.

The safety belt for the driver or front passenger is unbuckled for about

1 minute while the vehicle is traveling at least 6 mph (9.7 km/h) and

more than 1-2 minutes elapse after you switch the ignition on...

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Deactivating and Activating the
Belt-Minder Feature

WARNING

While the system allows you to
deactivate it, this system is designed
to improve your chances of being safely

belted and surviving an accident. We
recommend you leave the system activated
for yourself and others who may use the
vehicle.

Note: The driver and front passenger warnings
switch on and off independently. When you
perform this procedure for one seating
position, do not buckle the other position as
this will terminate the process.

Read Steps 1 - 4 thoroughly before
proceeding with the programming procedure.

Before following the procedure, make sure
that:
•

The parking brake is set.

•

The transmission is in park (P) or neutral
(N).

•

The ignition is off.

•

The driver and front passenger safety
belts are unbuckled.

1.

Switch the ignition on. Do not start the
vehicle.

2. Wait until the safety belt warning light

turns off (about one minute). After Step
2, wait an additional 5 seconds before
proceeding with Step 3. Once you start
Step 3, you must complete the procedure
within 30 seconds.

3. For the seating position you are switching

off, buckle then unbuckle the safety belt
three times at a moderate speed, ending
in the unbuckled state. After Step 3, the
safety belt warning light turns on.

4. While the safety belt warning light is on,

buckle and then unbuckle the safety belt.
After Step 4, the safety belt warning light
flashes for confirmation.

•

This will switch the feature off for that
seating position if it is currently on.

•

This will switch the feature on for that
seating position if it is currently off.

CHILD RESTRAINT AND
SEATBELT MAINTENANCE

Inspect the vehicle safety belts and child
safety seat systems periodically to make sure
they work properly and are not damaged.
Inspect the vehicle and child seat safety belts
to make sure there are no nicks, tears or cuts.
Replace if necessary. All vehicle safety belt
assemblies, including retractors, buckles,
front safety belt buckle assemblies, buckle
support assemblies (slide bar-if equipped),
shoulder belt height adjusters (if equipped),
shoulder belt guide on seat back (if
equipped), rear inflatable safety belts (if
equipped), child safety seat LATCH and
tether anchors, and attaching hardware,
should be inspected after a crash. Read the
child restraint manufacturer's instructions
for additional inspection and maintenance
information specific to the child restraint.

We recommend that all safety belt
assemblies in use in vehicles involved in a
crash be replaced. However, if the crash was
minor and an authorized dealer finds that the
belts do not show damage and continue to
operate properly, they do not need to be
replaced. Safety belt assemblies not in use
during a crash should also be inspected and
replaced if either damage or improper
operation is noted.

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Properly care for safety belts. See Cleaning
the Interior (page 266).

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The Personal Safety System provides an
improved overall level of frontal crash
protection to front seat occupants and is
designed to help further reduce the risk of
airbag-related injuries. The system is able to
analyze different occupant conditions and
crash severity before activating the
appropriate safety devices to help better
protect a range of occupants in a variety of
frontal crash situations.

The Vehicle Personal Safety System consists
of:
•

Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag
supplemental restraints.

•

Front seat outboard safety belts with
pretensioners, energy management
retractors and safety belt usage sensors.

•

Driver seat position sensor.

•

Front passenger sensing system.

•

Passenger airbag off and on indicator
lamp.

•

Front crash severity sensors.

•

Restraints control module with impact
and safing sensors.

•

Restraint system warning light and
backup tone.

•

The electrical wiring for the airbags, crash
sensors, safety belt pretensioners, front
safety belt usage sensors, driver seat
position sensor, front passenger sensing
system and indicator lights.

How Does the Personal Safety
System Work?

The Personal Safety System can adapt the
deployment strategy of the safety devices
according to crash severity and occupant
conditions. A collection of crash and
occupant sensors provides information to
the restraints control module. During a crash,
the restraints control module may deploy the
safety belt pretensioners, one or both stages
of the dual-stage airbags based on crash
severity and occupant conditions.

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Personal Safety System™

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

WARNINGS

Airbags do not inflate slowly or gently,
and the risk of injury from a deploying
airbag is the greatest close to the trim

covering the airbag module.

All occupants of your vehicle, including
the driver, should always properly wear
their safety belts, even when an airbag

supplemental restraint system is provided.
Failure to properly wear your safety belt could
seriously increase the risk of injury or death.

Always transport children 12 years old
and under in the back seat and always
properly use appropriate child

restraints. Failure to follow this could
seriously increase the risk of injury or death.

Never place your arm over the airbag
module as a deploying airbag can result
in serious arm fractures or other injuries.

Airbags can kill or injure a child in a child
seat. Never place a rear-facing child
seat in front of an active airbag. If you

must use a forward-facing child seat in the
front seat, move the seat upon which the
child seat is installed all the way back.

WARNINGS

Do not attempt to service, repair, or
modify the airbag supplemental
restraint systems or its fuses as you

could be seriously injured or killed. Contact
your authorized dealer as soon as possible.

Several airbag system components get
hot after inflation. To reduce the risk of
injury, do not touch them after inflation.

If the airbag has deployed, the airbag
will not function again and must be
replaced immediately. If the airbag is

not replaced, the unrepaired area will
increase the risk of injury in a crash.

The airbags are a supplemental restraint
system and are designed to work with the
safety belts to help protect the driver and
right front passenger from certain upper body
injuries. Airbags do not inflate slowly; there
is a risk of injury from a deploying airbag.

Note: You will hear a loud bang and see a
cloud of harmless powdery residue if an airbag
deploys. This is normal.

The airbags inflate and deflate rapidly upon
activation. After airbag deployment, it is
normal to notice a smoke-like, powdery
residue or smell the burnt propellant. This
may consist of cornstarch, talcum powder
(to lubricate the bag) or sodium compounds
(for example, baking soda) that result from
the combustion process that inflates the
airbag. Small amounts of sodium hydroxide
may be present which may irritate the skin
and eyes, but none of the residue is toxic.

While the system is designed to help reduce
serious injuries, contact with a deploying
airbag may also cause abrasions or swelling.
Temporary hearing loss is also a possibility
as a result of the noise associated with a
deploying airbag. Because airbags must
inflate rapidly and with considerable force,
there is the risk of death or serious injuries
such as fractures, facial and eye injuries or
internal injuries, particularly to occupants
who are not properly restrained or are
otherwise out of position at the time of airbag
deployment. Thus, it is extremely important
that occupants be properly restrained as far
away from the airbag module as possible
while maintaining vehicle control.

Routine maintenance of the airbags is not
required.

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Supplementary Restraints System

DRIVER AND PASSENGER
AIRBAGS

WARNINGS

Never place your arm or any objects
over an airbag module. Placing your
arm over a deploying airbag can result

in serious arm fractures or other injuries.
Objects placed on or over the airbag inflation
area may cause those objects to be propelled
by the airbag into your face and torso causing
serious injury.

Airbags can kill or injure a child in a child
seat. Never place a rear-facing child
seat in front of an active airbag. If you

must use a forward-facing child seat in the
front seat, move the seat upon which the
child seat is installed all the way back.

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The driver and front passenger airbags will
deploy during significant frontal and near
frontal crashes.

The driver and passenger front airbag system
consists of:
•

Driver and passenger airbag modules.

•

Front passenger sensing system.

· Crash sensors and monitoring
system with readiness indicator.
See Crash Sensors and Airbag

Indicator (page 44).

Proper Driver and Front Passenger
Seating Adjustment

WARNING

National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) recommends
a minimum distance of at least 10

inches (25 centimeters) between an
occupant’s chest and the driver airbag
module.

To properly position yourself away from the
airbag:
•

Move your seat to the rear as far as you
can while still reaching the pedals
comfortably.

•

Recline the seat slightly (one or two
degrees) from the upright position.

After all occupants have adjusted their seats
and put on safety belts, it is very important
that they continue to sit properly. A properly
seated occupant sits upright, leaning against
the seat back, and centered on the seat
cushion, with their feet comfortably extended
on the floor. Sitting improperly can increase

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