Rectus femoris muscle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Rectus femoris muscle is one of the four quadriceps muscles of the human body. (The others are the vastus medialis, the vastus intermedius (deep to the rectus femoris), and the vastus lateralis....
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The quadriceps femoris (quadriceps, quadriceps extensor, guads or quads) includes the four prevailing muscles on the front of the thigh. It is the great extensor muscle of the knee, forming a large fleshy mass which covers the front and sides of the femur.
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1. anterior thigh muscles; origin, by four heads: rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, and vastus medialis; insertion, patella, and thence by patellar ligament to tibial ... Synonyms: musculus quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps, musculus quadriceps extensor femoris, quadriceps muscle of thigh...
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Related Muscles ... The biarticulate rectus femoris [1 ] enters active insufficiency through the completion of knee extension when the hips are more flexed (other heads of the quadriceps [2, 3, 4 ] become more active) or through the completion of hip flexion when the knees are more extended (other hip flexors become...
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www.exrx.net/Muscles/Quadriceps.html
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Rehabilitation of the quadriceps femoris muscle is the cornerstone of full ... modifications of standard quadriceps femoris muscle exercises often allow ...
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www.ptjournal.org/cgi/reprint/66/8/1246.pdf
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The responses of quadriceps femoris muscles to an electrically elicited fatigue test were recorded from both lower extremities of 18 patients who had recently undergone unilateral, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8350699
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Bone fractures cause disabilities that leave the elderly bedridden and strengthening the muscles of the lower limbs, especially the quadriceps femoris, is the main kinematical method of preventing falls. ... Cross-sectional areas of the two muscles were measured by an MR scanner for a comparative estimation of muscle size.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16849833
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However, the exact identity of modified proteins inside limb muscles of patients with COPD remains unknown. We used 2D electrophoresis, immunoblotting, and mass spectrometry to identify carbonylated proteins in the vastus lateralis muscle of 12 patients with COPD and 6 control subjects.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16166745
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Anatomy of the Quadriceps Muscles; Home -> Advanced Training -> Muscular Anatomy -> Quadricep Anatomy ... They are the Vastus Medialis, Intermedius and Lateralis and finally the Rectus Femoris.
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www.fitstep.com/Advanced/Anatomy/Quadriceps.htm
www.fitstep.com/Advanced/Anatomy/Quadriceps.htm
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