The patella plays a crucial function during the knee extension. It serves as the attachment point for the quadriceps muscle that is the largest muscle of the anterior thigh responsible for the extension of the lower leg at the knee. Additionally, the kneecap is helpful in reducing the friction...
The patella is the largest sesamoid bone in the body and is part of the extensor mechanism of the knee together with the quadriceps muscle and tendon, patellar tendon, and patellar retinaculum [1]. The bone has two surfaces, three borders, a base, and an apex. The vastus intermedius and ...
A sesamoid bone in front of the knee, developed in the tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle. Also known as kneecap. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ...
The patella is a sesamoid of lens shaped bone which slides in a groove between the condyles of the femur. Its function is to increase the efficiency of the quadriceps muscle by shifting the line of action of the muscle's pull forward. As the knee articulates, the muscles and tendons forc...
The remaining transverse fibers of the medial patellotibial band and ligament were found to be less important restraints to lateral subluxation of the patella.[FIGURE 1 OMITTED]Anatomical studies by Lieb and Berry (7) have shown the contributions of the various portions of the quadriceps muscle ...
the model database of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) (http://www.physiome.org.nz) Physiome Project with soft tissue derived from the widely used visible human dataset, and the bones digitised from an anatomically accurate physical model with muscle attachment information....
Figure 2. Effects of physical training on physical parameters (i.e., muscle power) in individuals with patella tendinopathy. CI: confidence interval; CON: control group; df: degrees of freedom; INT: intervention group; IV: inverse variance; SE: standard error; Std.: standard. 3.4. Effects...
Joint laxity and isokinetic thigh muscle strength characteristics after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: bone patellar tendon bone versus quadrupled hamstring autografts. Clin J Sport Med 2006;16(1):4-9.Bizzini M, Gorelick M, Munzinger U, Drobny T (2006) Joint laxity and isokinetic thigh...