ArticleBioMed research international2022
The relationship between additional heads of the quadriceps femoris, the vasti muscles, and the patellar ligament.
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- The effect of hip manipulation on muscle strength, proprioception and motor tests of basketball players during training.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- The accessory heads of the quadriceps femoris muscle may affect the layering of the quadriceps tendon and potential graft harvest lengths.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- The relationship between additional heads of the quadriceps femoris, the vasti muscles, and the patellar ligament.BioMed research international · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionThe quadriceps femoris consists of four muscles: the rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius, and vastus lateralis. However, the effect of additional quadriceps femoris heads on the vasti muscles and patellar ligaments is unknown. The aims of the present study are to determine the relationship between additional quadriceps femoris heads and the vasti muscles and patellar ligaments and to review the morphology of the vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedius. MATERIALS AND
methodsOne hundred and six lower limbs (34 male and 19 female cadavers) fixed in 10% formalin were examined.
resultsOn all lower extremities, the vastus lateralis consisted of superficial, intermediate, and deep layers. The vastus medialis, on the other hand, consisted of only the longus and obliquus layers. The quadriceps head had one or more supplementary heads in 106 dissected limbs from 68 cadavers (64.1%). The distal portion of the patella was wider in lower limbs without supplementary heads than in type IA but narrower than in type IIIA. In general, the distal portion of the patella was narrower in specimens with a supplementary head than in those without (19.03 SD 3.18 mm vs. 20.58 SD 2.95 mm,
conclusionThe quadriceps femoris muscle is characterized by high morphological variability. Occurrence of extra heads is at the level of 64.1%. The vastus lateralis consists of three parts (superficial, intermediate, and deep), and vastus medialis consists of two (longus and oblique).
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