Rupture of the Quadriceps Extensor Femoris Muscle

Stimulation Frequency in Human Quadriceps Femoris Muscle

Muscle-specific atrophy of the quadriceps femoris with aging.

We examined the size of the four muscles of the quadriceps femoris in young and old men and women to assess whether the vastus lateralis is an appropriate surrogate for the quadriceps femoris in human studies of aging skeletal muscle. Ten young (24 +/- 2 yr) and ten old (79 +/- 7 yr) sedentary individuals underwent magnetic resonance imaging of the quadriceps femoris after 60 min of supine rest...

Injection-induced contracture of the quadriceps femoris muscle in children.

Contracture of the quadriceps femoris in children leads to limited knee flexion.1 Fairbank and Barret2 and Hnevkovsky3 believed the contracture was congenital or secondary to progressive idiopathic fibrosis of the vastus intermedius. Lloyd-Roberts and Thomas4 stipulated that multiple injections into the thigh might cause the contracture. Proximal release in the early stage and distal release in...

The Effects of Knee Angle on Quadriceps Femoris Activation and Knee Extensor Torque

It has previously been demonstrated that the maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) torque for the quadriceps femoris (QF) muscle occurs within the mid-range (i.e., 45 – 90 deg flexion) of knee range of motion (Ng, et al, 1994; Suter and Herzog, 1997; Welsch et al, 1998). Decreases in voluntary torque generation at the extremes of the functional joint range of motion (0 – 90 deg flexion) may be at...

Quadriceps femoris muscle fatigue in patients with knee osteoarthritis

The purpose of this study was to characterize quadriceps femoris muscle fatigue of both lower extremities in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Sixty-two subjects (mean age 68.2 years, standard deviation [SD] ± 7.9 years) with knee OA participated in the study. Significantly higher knee pain was reported in the involved knee than in the contralateral knee, as determined by a visual analog ...