The leg should be immobilized until the cannula is removed as movement at the knee may cause the quadriceps tendon to displace the cannula. View article 47/1 Anup K. Gangavalli MD, Chinenye O. Nwachuku MD, in Orthopedic Clinics of North America, 2016 Anatomy and classification The distal ...
Full-thickness quadriceps tearDistal femoral fractureDistal femoral fracture with quadriceps tearComplete quadriceps ruptureClosed intra-articular distal femur fractureQuadriceps rupture in distal femur fractureFractures of the supracondylar and intercondylar region of the distal femur usually result from high ...
quadriceps femoris, polyphasic MUAPs m. TA, normal motor and sensory NCVs II-5F ∼ 40 years TA, toe-extensors Slowly progressive: proximal leg muscles Non-compaction LV, normal function Pes planus, hollow back ‘neurogenic’: long-duration MUAPs m. gastrocnemius polyphasic MUAPs m. TA and...
The evaluation of the quadriceps biopsy sample revealed rimmed vacuolar fibres and a small proportion of angu- lar atrophic fibres, but no hypertrophic fibres, necrosis, inflammatory infiltration, or ragged red fibres, which would suggest mitochondrial dysfunction, were observed (Fig. 2B, C). A ...
Several patients also showed involvement of the femoral quadriceps muscles, while a lesser degree of degeneration was observed in the adductor longus of two patients and in the sartorius muscle of another patient. In conclusion, both proximal and distal muscle involvement was seen on T1w axial MR...
The 70-year-old patient 5 had more progressive disease, with weak proximal upper limbs muscles, especially the deltoids and pectoralis (4/5 on the Medical Research Council scale) and 4/5 weakness of the iliopsoas, quadriceps and hamstring muscles of the lower limbs. Feet and toe extensors ...
There were marked differences in width of zone of tidemark between quadriceps tendon and semimembranosus tendon insertion.Conclusion: The thickness of zone of tidemark is greater in semimembranosus tendon than quadriceps tendon. As quadriceps tendon is strong ...
After the gene was identified in autosomal recessive quadriceps sparing myopathy/hereditary inclusion body myopathy AR-hIBM, DMRV in Japanese patients proved to be caused by mutations in the same GNE-gene, confirming these are allelic disorders [86]. Many different mutations in GNE have been report...
The quadriceps tendon medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction allows a graft that can be tailored in terms of length and diameter, does not require an anchor on the patellar, and can be performed through the same incision as for the DFO....