quadriceps
quadriceps
Definition
quadri·ceps (kwä′dri seps′)
quad′ri·cip′i·tal (-sip′i təl) adjective
quadriceps
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- strengthen: The following is a useful exercise for strengthening the quadriceps.
- have: Sprinters and football players generally have stronger quadriceps than hamstrings.
- develop: One leg squat: This exercise strongly develops the quadriceps and gluteals, with a complimentary boost to the hamstrings.
- include: This exercise works a whole range of muscles including quadriceps, hamstrings, abdominals and lower back.
- work: Works the quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes and lower back.
Adjective modifier
- weak: The hamstrings over power the weaker quadriceps which results in a strain or tear of the muscle.
- strong: FIG 3. Strong quadriceps, weak calf ( SQ/WC ) patients ' muscle action pattern during walking.
- normal: It is characterized by mild hyperextension, normal quadriceps, and normal range of knee flexion with a strong familial linkage [ 1,2 ] .
Modifies a noun
- femoris: Quadriceps femoris muscle angle: normal values and relationships with gender and selected skeletal measures.
- tendon: The chapter on the ACL has been expanded to now cover harvesting techniques of the hamstring, the patellar tendon and the quadriceps tendon.
- muscle: Privacy Policy Training the quadriceps muscles is an integral part of most sports strength programs.
- strength: Outcome measures Knee Study - main outcome measure was isometric quadriceps strength.
- exercise: Static quadriceps exercises consist of tensing the muscle on the front of the thigh whilst the knee is straight.
- activity: Like Signorile, they found that the squat produced the most quadriceps activity, peaking at 60 per cent of maximum activity levels.
Preposition: in
- isolation: By contrast, the knee extension involves sitting in a machine and simply contracting the quadriceps in isolation to extend the knee.
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