For patients undergoing THA, OA severity is the best predictor of preoperative biomechanical function, and preoperative muscle fat fraction is the best predictor of postoperative function.

For dumbbell lunges, hold a dumbbell in each hand and step back into your lunge, lowering for the count of four seconds, then ...

Hip replacement surgery, or total hip arthroplasty (THA), can lessen pain and improve function in individuals with hip ...

Learn to identify the key symptoms of a groin strain, from sharp inner thigh pain to mobility limitations, and discover ...

The vastus medialis, otherwise known as the vastus medialis oblique (VMO), is a teardrop-shaped muscle in the front of your thigh that helps extend the knee and stabilize the kneecap. It is one of the ...

People with sartorius muscle pain may have pain in their knee or the front of their hip. Certain exercises can help strengthen the muscle and reduce pain. The sartorius is the longest muscle in a ...

A person may experience upper thigh muscle pain due to impact trauma, sprains, or strains. Pain in the upper thigh may also occur due to nerve damage, blood clots, or arthritis. This pain may ...

The expert view: “People tend to believe that range of motion, especially in the hip, is limited due to tight muscles,” says Smith. “While this can sometimes be the case, it can also be caused by a ...

Groin pain can stem from various issues, ranging from muscle strains and hip arthritis to inguinal hernias and kidney stones. Groin pain often worsens upon sitting due to how the hip flexes in this ...

Objective We aimed to determine hip and lower-leg muscle strength in people after ACL injury compared with an uninjured control group (between people) and the uninjured contralateral limb (between ...

2015). The anatomical complexities of these different segments reflected variations in the attachments of soft tissues, such as joints, ligaments, and muscles (Tambussi et al. 2012, Cobley et al. 2013 ...