Quadriceps muscle strains frequently occur in sports that require repetitive kicking and
sprinting, and are common in football in its different forms around the world. This paper is a …

MRI plays a crucial role in assessment of patients with muscle injuries. The healing process
of these injuries has been studied in depth from the pathophysiologic and histologic points …

Muscle is an important component of the muscle-tendon-bone unit, driving skeletal motion
through contractions that alter the length of the muscle. The muscle and myotendinous …

Compartmentalization of skeletal muscle by multiple motor nerve branches, named as
neuromuscular compartment (NMC), has been demonstrated in animals as well as humans …

Biarticular muscles have traditionally been considered to exhibit homogeneous
neuromuscular activation. The regional activation of biarticular muscles, as revealed from …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of eccentric exercise on optimum lengths of the knee
flexors and extensors during the preseason in professional soccer. DESIGN: Twenty-eight …

Background: Low-cycle fatigue damage accumulating to the point of structural failure has
been recently reported at the origin of the human anterior cruciate ligament under strenuous …

Objective: This study is a statistical analysis to establish whether a correlation exists
between the level and degree of rectus femoris (RF) central tendon injury and the amount of …

Purpose We investigated the effect of the hip flexion angle (HFA) on the longitudinal muscle
activity of the rectus femoris (RF) during leg extension exercise (LEE). Methods We …

Hip or groin pain in athletes is common and clinical presentation is often nonspecific.
Imaging is a very important diagnostic step in the work-up of athletes with hip pain. This …