Tear of the tendon that runs from the quadriceps muscle to the top of the knee cap
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Medical condition
Quadriceps tendon rupture
Other names
Quadriceps tendon tear
An x-ray demonstrating quadriceps tendon rupture. Note the abnormal angle of the patella and soft-tissue swelling marked by the arrow.
Specialty
Orthopedic
A quadriceps tendon rupture is a tear of the tendon that runs from the quadriceps muscle to the top of the knee cap.[1]
In human anatomy, the quadricepstendon works with the quadriceps muscle to extend the leg. All four parts of the quadriceps muscle attach to the shin...
the age of 40. The sign of a ruptured patella tendon is the movement of the patella further up the quadriceps. When rupture occurs, the patella loses support...
tendon of the quadriceps femoris. It is about 4.5 cm long in adults (range from 3 to 6 cm). The medial and lateral portions of the quadricepstendon pass...
weakening of the tendons, which may eventually lead to tendonrupture. Tendinopathies can be caused by a number of factors relating to the tendon extracellular...
pain when the person is at rest. Complications may include patellar tendonrupture. Risk factors include being involved in athletics and being overweight...
a higher risk of injury. Quadriceps dominance refers to a tendency of female athletes to preferentially use the quadriceps muscles to stabilize the knee...
2022 she was injured in Spain while training. She suffered a rupturedquadricepstendon, a broken patella, radius and ulna after being hit by a driver...
used in autografts. While originally less commonly utilized, the quadricepstendon has become a more popular graft. Because the tissue used in an autograft...
Schache AG, Koulouris G, Kofoed W, Morris HG, Pandy MG (2008). "Rupture of the conjoint tendon at the proximal musculotendinous junction of the biceps femoris...
vastus lateralis. All four parts of the quadriceps muscle attach to the patella (knee cap) by the quadricepstendon. The rectus femoris is situated in the...
teammate Victor Oladipo suffered a season-ending injury of a quadricepstendonrupture his playing time increased significantly, and was given his first...
defect of the insertion of the quadricepstendon into the superior part of the patella is suggestive of quadricepstendonrupture. A "pop" sound may be associated...
fracture. Tendons usually attach muscle to bone. In the knee the quadriceps and patellar tendon can sometimes tear. The injuries to these tendons occur when...
for ruptures of the cruciate ligament. In these instances it is common to see a rupture in the other leg within a year's time of the first rupture. Common...
of the femur, and attaches with the other muscles of the quadriceps in the quadricepstendon. The vastus medialis muscle originates from a continuous...
degrees of flexion as the quadriceps tighten simultaneously and pull the patella laterally. Beyond 30 degrees, the quadricepstendon and patellar ligament...
femoris tendon, the fibular (lateral) collateral ligament (FCL), the popliteus tendon, the popliteofibular ligament, the lateral gastrocnemius tendon, and...
femoral trochlear groove is shallow or absent, with displacement of the quadriceps muscle group in the direction of luxation. Grades II, III, and IV require...
circumference and quadriceps, and hamstring moment of force. There was no significant difference between the groups in either quadriceps or hamstring moment...
includes: Patellar tendon autograft (An autograft is a graft that comes from the patient) Hamstring tendon autograft Quadricepstendon autograft Allograft...
possible, the bone-patella tendon-bone graft, the semitendinosus and gracilis tendons (quadrupled hamstring tendon), quadricepstendon, and an allograft. Although...
Shawinigan-based FCL. During that match he suffered a complete quadricepstendon and patella rupture. He was rushed to the nearby hospital for emergency surgery...
player. Towards the end of the season, he tore a quadriceps muscle during a game. Due to his quadriceps injury, Thames fell in the 2008 MLB draft. Initially...
affected. The consequent pain may lead to the cascade of quadriceps weakness, patellar tendon shortening and scarring in the tissues around the knee cap—with...
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