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quadriceps
(redirected from Quadriceps femoris muscle)

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quadriceps /quad·ri·ceps/ (kwod´rĭ-seps) having four heads.
quad·ri·ceps (kwdr-sps)
n.
The large four-part extensor muscle at the front of the thigh.
adj.
Having four heads, said of certain muscles.

Quadriceps, hip flexors, hamstrings
Major muscles in the thigh area which affect knee mechanics.

quadriceps [kwod´rĭ-seps]
having four heads; see table at muscle.

quadriceps
having four heads; refers to quadriceps muscle. See also Table 13.

quadriceps reflex
see patellar reflex.


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Pain and insufficient lower-limb muscle strength, particularly at the quadriceps femoris muscle group, may contribute to a patient's increased falling risk during level walking and stair-climbing [8-10].
Abstract The objectives of this study were to propose a model for exercise-induced muscle injury by way of a maximal eccentric isokinetic exercise at low angular speed, and assess the time course of functional recovery of the injured quadriceps femoris muscle from the maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) torque and electrical activity (root mean square--RMS and median frequency--MDF).
The results showed that the hamstring muscles of the subjects have a strength that is about half the strength of the ipsilateral quadriceps femoris muscle in each of the groups.
 
 
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