Vastus Medialis Oblique
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Description[edit | edit source]
Prime mover for screw home movement with Vastus Lateralis.
Origin[edit | edit source]
Medial side of femur
Insertion[edit | edit source]
Quadirceps tendon
Action[edit | edit source]
Increase mechanical advantage of knee joint to perform knee extention by other heads of quadriceps.
Function[edit | edit source]
Increase mechanical advantage of knee joint to perform knee extention by other heads of quadriceps.
Other Important Information[edit | edit source]
Is it a real muscle or a gost?[edit | edit source]
For physiotherapist vastus medialis oblique (VMO) is a well known muscle. But some anatomist do not accept VMO as real muscle. The first paper I have seen was a letter to editor [ref needed]. In this letter it is clearly stated that VMO is not an independent muscle. It is a part of vastus medilis.
Recent years the topic is still unclear. You can find a list of articles below;
- Smith TO, Nichols R, Harle D, Donell ST.
Do the vastus medialis obliquus and vastus medialis longus really exist? A systematic review.
Clin Anat. 2009 Mar;22(2):183-99.
- Pattyn E, Verdonk P, Steyaert A, Vanden Bossche L, Van den Broecke W, Thijs Y, Witvrouw E.
Vastus medialis obliquus atrophy: does it exist in patellofemoral pain syndrome?
Am J Sports Med. 2011 Jul;39(7):1450-5. Epub 2011 Apr 12.
- Günal I, Araç S, Sahinoğlu K, Birvar K.
The innervation of vastus medialis obliquus.
J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1992 Jul;74(4):624.
- Holt G, Nunn T, Allen RA, Forrester AW, Gregori A.
Variation of the vastus medialis obliquus insertion and its relevance to minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty.
J Arthroplasty. 2008 Jun;23(4):600-4. Epub 2008 Mar 4.
- Lin YF, Lin JJ, Cheng CK, Lin DH, Jan MH.
Association between sonographic morphology of vastus medialis obliquus and patellar alignment in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome.
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2008 Apr;38(4):196-202. Epub 2007 Nov 21
Google Trens About Vastus Medialis Obliquus[edit | edit source]
Why There is a Degrease in Number of Google Searches About VMO ?[edit | edit source]
In Google Searches between 2010-2017 there is degrease seen in the chart. What should be the reason for this situation ?
Resources[edit | edit source]
Recent Related Research (from Pubmed)[edit | edit source]
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