vastus medialis
Vastus medialis motor unit properties in knee osteoarthritis
... increases in firing rate at higher intensities [2]. MU recruitment and rate coding strategies are altered in mod- els of aging, pain and disease [3,4]. For example, in healthy aging, collateral reinnervation leads to ...
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Case Report Use of the vastus medialis perforator flap to treat defects around the knee
... the vastus medialis muscle without cutaneous territory, later ana- tomic studies and cadaveric dissections show- ed that the vastus medialis could be elevated as a myocutaneous ...tus ...
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Comparison between Effect of Isometric Quadriceps Exercise and Vastus Medialis Oblique Strengthening on Quadriceps Angle and Patellar Shift in Normal Individuals
... difference in mean values of Q – Angle & Patellar shift readings after 4 weeks of controlled trials and VMO strengthening had a greater effect on the Q – Angle & Patellar shift than Static Quadriceps exercises. ...
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Vastus medialis cross sectional area is positively associated with patella cartilage and bone volumes in a pain free community based population
... distal vastus medialis and lateralis muscles have been implicated in patellofemoral pain [2] and subluxation/dis- location [3], their association with patellofemoral joint struc- tures is ...of ...
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Vastus medialis oblique and vastus lateralis activity during a double leg semisquat with or without hip adduction in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome
... Double-leg semisquat, a closed kinetic chain exercise, may promote a more balanced activation of the quadri- ceps initially than an open kinetic chain exercise as seen in previous studies [29–32] and therefore lead to an ...
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ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY OF THE VASTUS MEDIALIS OBLIQUE AND VASTUS LATERALIS DURING MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY ISOMETRICS IN DIFFERENT WEIGHT BEARING POSITIONS OF THE FOOT
... suggested different conclusions. Some says that there is no difference between the foot positions on VMO & VL activities, some authors says that foot positions may have impact on the muscles. The tibia may start to ...
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Effect of shoe heel height on vastus medialis and vastus lateralis electromyographic activity during sit to stand
... The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of differing heel height on the electromyographic (EMG) activity in vastus medialis (VM) and vastus lateralis (VL) during a sit to[r] ...
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The efficacy of electromyographic biofeedback on pain, function, and maximal thickness of vastus medialis oblique muscle in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized clinical trial
... significant differences in the results of previous studies on this subject, lack of such evaluation on a sample of Iranian patients, the rising prevalence of this chronic disease, and [r] ...
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The effect of hip abduction on the EMG activity of vastus medialis obliquus, vastus lateralis longus and vastus lateralis obliquus in healthy subjects
... the Vastus Lateralis Obliq- uus (VLO) were interdigitated with the lateral retinaculum and the iliotibial tract in all specimens, were subsequently joined in a common tendon with the VLL on the supero- lateral ...
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Sub vastus approach versus the medial parapatellar approach in primary total knee: a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN44544446]
... the vastus medialis down to its insertion ...the vastus will be lifted off the periosteum and intermuscular septum with blunt finger dissection for approximately 10 cm proximal to the adductor ...the ...
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To find out the effectiveness of quadriceps strengthening and endurance exercises on delayed onset of vastus lateralis activity during stair descending in women with symptomatic osteoarthritis
... of vastus medialis oblique and vastus lateralis muscles in 30 patients with osteoarthritis of ...of vastus lateralis and less in vastus medialis ...
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Effects of load magnitude, muscle length and velocity during eccentric chronic loading on the longitudinal growth of the vastus lateralis muscle
... Although the underling mechanisms regarding the longitudinal growth of the muscle (i.e. increase of the number of sarcomeres in series) are not well known, it has been suggested that structural damage in the sarcomeres ...
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2D-DIGE proteomic analysis of vastus lateralis from COPD patients with low and normal fat free mass index and healthy controls
... Our study showed that 2D-DIGE coupled with MS is useful technique to identify differentially expressed proteins related to muscle wasting in patients with COPD. These re- sults complement our previous findings on the ...
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Genome-wide mRNA expression profiling in vastus lateralis of COPD patients with low and normal fat free mass index and healthy controls
... that vastus lateralis of patients with COPD and muscle wasting overexpress genes related to inhibition of cell cycle and of cell growth while genes related to muscle formation and growth and energy pro- duction ...
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The Effect of Aerobic Training Years on Systemic Oxygen Utilisation, and Peripheral O2 Extraction in the Vastus Lateralis, Gastrocnemius and Pre-Frontal Cortex in Young Men
... the vastus lateralis (VL), gastrocnemius (GAST) and pre- frontal cortex (PFC) differed between aerobically short term trained (STT 6 - 24 months) and long term trained (LTT > 5 yr) men aged 18 - 30 years, who ...
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Kraus, Dagmar (2006): Luxatio patellae congenita medialis und Ruptur des Ligamentum cruciatum craniale beim Hund - eine CT-osteoabsorptiometrische Studie. Dissertation, LMU München: Tierärztliche Fakultät
... Löer geht davon aus, dass dieser Torsionsfehler zwar für eine Patellaluxation nach medial prädisponiert, ihr aber nicht die Bedeutung einer primären Krankheitsursache zukommt.. Eventue[r] ...
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Bacterial meningitis and multiple abscess formation in the iliopsoas, erector spinae, and vastus lateralis muscle in a maintenance hemodialysis patient treated with continuous epidural anesthesia for herpes zoster-related pain control: a case report and review of the literature
... Background: Infection is the second leading cause of mortality in patients who undergo maintenance hemodialysis. In this population, impairment in both cellular and humoral immunity contributes to the increased incidence ...
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Effects of 15 weeks of resistance exercise on pro inflammatory cytokine levels in the vastus lateralis muscle of patients with fibromyalgia
... Insertion of the microdialysis catheter usually disrupts the balance of substances in the tissue, which takes time to normalize. For smaller molecules, such as serotonin, glutamate and metabolites, 2 h of stabilization ...
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Protein differences between human trapezius and vastus lateralis muscles determined with a proteomic approach
... the vastus lateralis Previous results show a independence in activity between these proteins as both have a suggested reverse action in both consum- ing and producing protons in the electron transport chain ...
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Homogeneity of fascicle architecture following repeated contractions in the human gastrocnemius medialis
... This investigation sought to determine the effects of fatigue on fascicle architecture across the length of the human gastrocnemius medialis (GM). With institutional ethical approval, fifteen healthy males ...
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