A study of NCAA Division I football players revealed persistent atrophy in the quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles 2 years ...

Objective: To investigate atrophy and weakness of the quadriceps femoris muscle group in patients with PFPS using measures of cross-sectional area and peak extension torque. Methods: A total of 57 ...

and psychological status with respect to disability in subjects with knee pain. METHODS 300 men and women with pain and 300 controls without pain (aged 40–79) were seen. Isometric quadriceps strength ...

In patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), pain and dysfunction cause a reflex inhibition on the quadriceps femoral muscle, and quadriceps weakness could accelerate damage to knee cartilage.

Interventions were compared using repeated-measures analysis of variance for Kujala Patellofemoral Score, Visual Analogue Scale for ‘worst pain’ and ‘pain with daily activity’, isometric knee extensor ...

What Is a Quadriceps Contusion? A quadriceps contusion is an injury to the quadriceps. This group of four muscles is at the front of the thigh. They help you straighten your knee and flex (bend) your ...

quadriceps and increase in maximal torque of knee extensor after 14 weeks of conventional therapy compared with isokinetic therapy. The results showed uneven changes in thickness between the muscles ...

Muscles are attached to bones by tendons ... their hamstrings contract to flex the knee while the quadriceps lengthens to allow the movement. The hamstrings are the agonist and the quadriceps ...