The published evidence forquadricepsstrengthening using weights, for instance, is quite unequivocal.
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Thequadricepsweakness eventually causes enormous problems with falls, because the knee gives way.
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The first group attended the physiotherapy department on a regular basis and received supervisedquadricepsexercises, using weights.
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There is also debate about the intrinsic nature of the firing pattern extracted from thequadricepsmuscles for use as a potential rehabilitative therapy.
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Thequadricepsis really a group of muscles, collectively performing similar functions, but with some individual variation.
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Extraction of single motor unit firing patterns from the humanquadricepsmuscle and their role in a novel form of electrotherapy.
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Although there is some diffusion through muscle fascia,6 muscles with well-delineated separate components, such asquadriceps, will need separate injections for each major section.
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Furthermore, weights ofquadriceps(musculus rectus femoris, m. vastus intermedius, m. vastus lateralis and m. vastus medialis) (muscle, mw), liver (liv), kidney (kid) and spleen (spl) were recorded.
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He tore aquadricepsin a baserunning drill, which kept him out of the 2013 season.
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For example, if thequadricepsfemoris and hamstring contract simultaneously at a high intensity, the stronger muscle (usually the quadriceps) overpowers the weaker muscle (hamstrings).
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Following an adolescent growth spurt, repeated stress from contraction of thequadricepsis transmitted through the patellar tendon to the immature tibial tuberosity.
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Thisquadricepsdominance theory identifies when the hamstring muscles are notably weaker than thequadricepsmuscles.
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Her junior year was limited by a strained leftquadricepsmuscle.
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The rectus femoris, a large muscle in thequadriceps, is typical.
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In the knee thequadricepsand patellar tendon can sometimes tear.
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