Severe weakness of the quadriceps is a defining feature of several neuromuscular disorders. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
When you step down your quadriceps is contracting. From Wordnik.com. [Press Conference On Clinton Knee Injury] Reference
This will focus on your bottom and your quadriceps. From Wordnik.com. [Stefan Aschan: 5 Exercises You Can Do Anywhere] Reference
My quadriceps tendon gave and tore from my kneecap. From Wordnik.com. [Brendon Ayanbadejo: The Raven With Broken Wings] Reference
Bruise her quadriceps so she couldn't spin and leap!. From Wordnik.com. [The Ballad of Tonya Harding] Reference
There had been considerable augmentation of his quadriceps. From Wordnik.com. [Invasion]
It felt like somebody was using my quadriceps for kindling. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
She jammed the ampule hard into the middle of the quadriceps. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodhype]
MVP, to a left quadriceps injury against Dallas on February 26. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
Defender Juan Manuel Pena (quadriceps) is still at least a week away. From Wordnik.com. [D.C. United: stadium update, Junior, injuries, movie] Reference
'I suppose that's a good idea,' said van Cleef, flexing his quadriceps. From Wordnik.com. [Tar Aiym Krang]
That year he tore his left quadriceps in May while making an awkward throw. From Wordnik.com. [Troy Tulowitzki Injury: Shortstop Out Six Weeks With Broken Wrist] Reference
Weakside linebacker Brandon Short went down early with a quadriceps injury. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Football - Tampa Bay vs. N.Y. Giants] Reference
Christine Ohuruogu's quadriceps injury is more serious than she first thought. From Wordnik.com. [William Sharman pips Andy Turner to British 110 metres hurdles title] Reference
Cortex and quadriceps alike were involved here, and the atmosphere was electric. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Two] Reference
Juan Manuel Peña (quadriceps) and Rodney Wallace (leg fracture) remain sidelined. From Wordnik.com. [USA, D.C. United news & notes] Reference
In 2004 a quadriceps injury hampered him for two months leading up to the Masters. From Wordnik.com. [Without Tiger, Fantasy Golf Gets Interesting] Reference
Cubs second baseman Eric Young left in the fourth inning with a tight right quadriceps. From Wordnik.com. [National League Baseball - Cubs vs. Cardinals] Reference
I just looked down at my feet and I willed my quadriceps and hamstrings to step forward. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2002] Reference
I concentrated on my legs, touching my toes, stretching my hamstrings and my quadriceps. From Wordnik.com. [The Payback Club]
Mourning had surgery Thursday to repair torn knee and quadriceps tendons in his right leg. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
And at Simon Spurr, quadriceps strained against close-fitting trousers and dark denim jeans. From Wordnik.com. [Workingman chic gets a pink slip for spring 2011] Reference
So you're supposed to just use your quadriceps, full range of motion, that's the way to do it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 25, 2006] Reference
Similar contractions could be induced in the right quadriceps, but none in the left (Dr. Turney). From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
In March of 1997, the President underwent surgical repair of the quadriceps tendon of the right leg. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Administration On Presidential Physical] Reference
That is, if you're stepping down and you slip and that quadriceps retracts, then something's going to give. From Wordnik.com. [Press Conference On Clinton Knee Injury] Reference
The thigh's quadriceps, for instance, consist of millions of fibers organized into what are called motor units. From Wordnik.com. [Gold-Medal Workouts] Reference
Upon tapping, the quadriceps tendon caused a brisk marked contraction of thigh muscles, followed by mild clonus. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Forensic Psychiatry] Reference
Butters said that someone had removed Bartlesby's quadriceps, the long, strong muscles on the front of the thigh. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Beat]
WITH A LOUD POP, Bill Clinton joined the limping ranks of the 7,000 Americans a year who rupture a quadriceps tendon. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Feels His Pain] Reference
Defender Juan Manuel Pena (quadriceps) has begun possession exercises and needs much more time to regain match fitness. From Wordnik.com. [D.C. United news & notes] Reference
The quadriceps tendon is actually a group of four muscles that go through one tendon that extend the leg, the thigh muscle. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Physicians Attending To President] Reference
Ductors (ph), the muscles that pull his legs together, the quadriceps and the plantar flexors, the motors that push his feet down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2007] Reference
It is especially important to provide for the subject to be exercised when there is atrophy of the quadriceps muscles following azoturia. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
It pouches upward under the quadriceps femoris for a distance of two or three inches, a pad of fat separating the capsule from the muscle. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
But he suffered a nagging quadriceps injury that season that had far-reaching effects: The Volunteers — 10-4 the year before -- went 5-7. From Wordnik.com. [The NFL's Newest Water Bearer] Reference
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