Why do some hamstring and quadriceps strains take much longer to repair than others? Which injuries are more prone to recurrence? Intramuscular tendon injuries have received little attention as an ...

Background Functional limitations exist postmeniscectomy, but preoperative data are scarce. Purpose To examine knee function, knee muscle strength and performance in middle-aged patients with ...

Tight hip flexors can lead to sore muscles and injury. Here are 9 hip flexor stretches with trainer tips to improve flexibility and strength and avoid injury.

Now that we've got the lecture out of the way, we've rounded up the best 'exercises for belly fat', filtering them into bodyweight, weighted and machine-based moves, plus some moves for your lower ...

Objectives Orthopaedic surgery of the knee joint results in functional deterioration of the quadriceps femoris muscle. However, little is known about quadriceps femoris muscle dysfunction in the early ...

Hip flexors: The hip flexors are located at the front of your hips. They lift your thigh and move your leg forward with each step. The hip flexors include the iliopsoas and rectus femoris. Hip ...

The prevalence of sarcopenia was 12% (n=12) based on the definition of low muscle mass according to ultrasonography of the rectus femoris cross-sectional area. CONCLUSION: Ultrasonography was ...

Muscle twitches, also called fasciculations, are fast, spontaneous contractions of muscle fibers that can be seen on the surface of the skin.Muscle twitches are different from muscle spasms, which are ...

Background Plication is an alternative tightening procedure to resection. In monkeys, plication has been shown to preserve anterior segment circulation compared with full-tendon tenotomy, but this is ...

A sprained ankle is the most common athletic injury and the number one reason people go to see an orthopedist. There are an estimated 30,000 ankle sprains per day in the United States alone. They are ...