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 ...

The quadriceps are the agonist and the hamstrings are now the antagonist. The abdominals would be acting as fixators. Describe how the antagonistic muscle pairs are working at the elbow during the ...

and the BFR group at 30% of 1RM. Interventions were compared using repeated-measures analysis of variance for Kujala Patellofemoral Score, Visual Analogue Scale for ‘worst pain’ and ‘pain with daily ...

The researchers concluded that maintaining a moderate training volume (12 weekly sets) had no adverse effect on hypertrophy of the quadriceps muscles, resulting in muscle growth similar to that of ...

In the world of fitness, picking the right exercises for each muscle group is key to getting the ... for mobility and injury prevention. For the quadriceps, the belt squat is unbeatable, offering ...

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.