Background Muscle weakness due to joint injuries (eg, anterior cruciate ligament rupture) or muscle injuries (eg, muscle strain) are very frequent in sports. Objective To analyze changes to knee joint ...

(Reuters Health) - Women with weaker thigh muscles may be more likely to develop knee osteoarthritis, a recent study suggests. When women had less strength in muscles known as the knee extensors, or ...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the knee joint dynamics during a forward lunge could be modulated by experimentally induced vastus medialis pain in healthy subjects.

Stronger quadriceps muscles, relative to the hamstrings, may lower the risk of total knee replacement, according to research being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of ...

Knee joint of a patient showing (A) severe cartilage defects and (B) intact knee joint. CHICAGO – Stronger quadriceps muscles, relative to the hamstrings, may lower the risk of total knee replacement, ...