Background Muscle strengthen exercise of quadriceps femoris is important but risky to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) graft, because quadriceps muscle exercise near the knee extension may causes ...

Quadriceps muscles. The vastus lateralis, vastus intermedialis, vastus medius, and rectus femoris make up the quadriceps. These muscles are on the front of your thigh and are involved in walking ...

Deadlifts and squats are popular exercises for strengthening the lower body, particularly the thighs and glutes. But what are the differences between them, and which technique yields better results?

More information: Chris Mawhinney et al. Changes in quadriceps femoris muscle perfusion following different degrees of cold-water immersion, Journal of Applied Physiology (2020).DOI: 10.1152 ...

Axial T1-weighted bilateral thigh MR images and magnified frames providing a closer look at the areas in lateral aspects of quadriceps femoris muscles (knee extensors) from two obese, female ...

The results also showed that the rectus femoris muscles (middle of the quad) outcomes favoured the single-joint exercise (leg extension) and the vastus lateralis (outer part of the quad) outcomes ...

Barcelona midfielder Fermin Lopez faces three more weeks on the sidelines after sustaining a new quadriceps injury. The 21-year-old sustained the issue in training with his club on Tuesday morning.