Ultrasound can be used to detect early-developing insulin resistance in adults with obesity, according to a study published June 12 in the Journal of Ultrasound Medicine.  Here are three things to ...

A simple ultrasound of a patient's thigh or shoulder muscle may detect insulin resistance before it progresses to type 2 ...

Spanish squats strengthen key muscles like the vastus medialis and vastus lateralis—two parts of the quads muscles (front of the thigh) that help stabilize and extend the knee joint—and can ...

Four big muscles make up your quadriceps: the vastus intermedius, vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, and rectus femoris. Your quadriceps begin at your pelvis and femur and go all the way down to ...

Preservation of the abductor insertion prevents postoperative gait abnormalities, and the vastus lateralis acts as a tether to help prevent superior migration of the trochanteric osteotomy.

However, building shapely and proportional legs is easier said than done. In my 35 years as a personal trainer, I have noticed many people struggle to develop the vastus lateralis (quad sweep), which ...

The study focuses on the rectus femoris (front of the quad) and the vastus lateralis (outer quad muscle). The study found significant evidence that the rectus femoris muscle experienced greater ...

The vastus lateralis is a muscle located on the lateral, or outside, part of your thigh. The muscle is one of the four quadriceps muscles and is the largest muscle of that group. The function of the ...

and the vastus lateralis. While doing jump squats, all of these muscles work together to help you leap into the air. Hamstrings. Your hamstrings are on the other side of your quadriceps ...

Methods 24 individuals with refractory AKP received either BoNT-A (500 U Dysport) or the same volume saline injection to the vastus lateralis (VL) muscle and performed home exercises focusing on ...