Your quads, or quadriceps femoris muscle group, are four separate muscles that run along the front of your thigh between your hip and your knee. It's one of the largest (and strongest) muscle ...

Objective: To investigate atrophy and weakness of the quadriceps femoris muscle group in patients with PFPS using measures of cross-sectional area and peak extension torque. Methods: A total of 57 ...

These include the four muscles of the quadriceps (vastus lateralis, intermedius and medialis, plus the rectus femoris) and a small muscle located deep in the anterior compartment of the thigh ...

The aforementioned prominent low MRI signal posterior margin reflects a long, broad distal aponeurosis that extends from the rectus femoris component of the quadriceps tendon into muscle more ...