In the treatment of recurrent sprains of the knee, therefore, special attention must be directed towards the wasting of the quadriceps by means of massage and appropriate exercises.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
The patella is projected forward, the quadriceps tendon is lax, and the skin over it is thrown into transverse folds.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
In other cases it is widely torn, and the contraction of the quadriceps muscle is then able to separate the fragments by three or four inches, and sometimes causes tilting of the upper fragment.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson