In a study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, researchers specifically looked at hypertrophy of the quad muscles ...

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 ...

The individual muscles of the quadriceps total one of the largest muscle groups in the human body, and although the hamstrings get a lot of good press when it comes to sprinting, jumping and ...

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 ...

and quadriceps muscle thickness (cm). Subgroup analyses were performed on those participants with painful resisted knee extension at 60°. Results Sixty-nine participants (87%) completed the study ...

and muscle strength improved significantly in both groups, but no significant differences were detected between the groups. The authors suggest that electrical stimulation of the quadriceps could ...