Quadriceps Muscle Strain
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A quadriceps muscle strain is an acute tearing injury of the quadriceps. This injury is usually due to an acute stretch (often at the same time of a forceful contraction) of the muscle or repetitive functional overloading (repeated eccentric muscle contractions) of the knee extensor mechanism. When the muscle is elongated by an eccentric contraction, high muscle forces are generated during the elongation and added to the forces produced by the passive connective tissue so it almost certainly induces a muscle strain injury. This force is several times higher than the force produced during a maximal isometric contraction.[1,5]
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