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 ...

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Key messages In the patients with quadriceps femoris dysfunction, the muscle stiffness was significantly lower on the affected side than the unaffected side in the contraction condition. On the other ...

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Stronger medial hamstring-quadriceps co-activation, demonstrated by a higher semimembranosus-vastus medialis co-activation index, resulted in a shorter ACL (r = −0.71; p = 0.01) (Fig. 4). With ...

Four big muscles make up your quadriceps: the vastus intermedius, vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, and rectus femoris. Your quadriceps begin at your pelvis and femur and go all the way down to ...

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For the rectus femoris muscle, the study observed a 15.8% increase in distal muscle thickness with the leg extension performed in the recumbent position, compared to a 10.9% increase in the ...

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 and running.