Medically reviewed by Theresa Marko, PT, DPT, MS Having bad knees does not mean you can't be active. Strengthening the muscles around your knees can improve mobility and decrease pain. You can do many ...
and vastus medialis obliquus muscle fiber orientation angles with respect to the femoral shaft were made intraoperatively after consent was obtained from each patient (Fig 2). The fibers were ...
The sissy squat can also help fortify your ankles, knees and hips, making it a handy accessory exercise to prevent injury – especially for anyone playing sports involving lots of jumps, twists and ...
Adjuvant 60-Gy (30 fractions, 2 Gy/fraction) RT was applied to the left chest wall with VMAT. PET-CT was performed 6 months after RT revealed an intense hypermetabolic lesion in the right vastus ...
Both patients exhibited the cores of preserved muscle within the vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, resembling “sandwich”-like pattern. It's worth noting the presence of proximo-distal gradient of ...
It is a uniaxial muscle, which means it only crosses one joint. Because it does not cross your hip, its only function is knee extension. Vastus Medialis: Vastus medialis is the teardrop-shaped muscle ...