Background: The m. quadriceps femoris is the strongest muscle in the human body and plays an important role in sports, activities of daily living and independence. Two older studies showed increased ...

Introduction Despite extensive investigations on the task-dependency of neuromuscular fatigue after several types of exercise, hardly anything is known about central and peripheral factors of fatigue ...

New research indicates that patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty need to re-learn the proper techniques of moving from a sitting to standing position. Because most patients with knee ...

The rectus femoris muscle is one of quadriceps muscles. It goes from the hip to the knee and can be used to straighten the knee or lift the knee up. This muscle can rupture or become inflammed at the ...

Correspondence to: Dr B Škof Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; branko.skof{at}sp.uni-lj.si Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of intensive ...