case study: bodybuilder with atrophy of vastus lateralis

[TPT]

the following is a case study of a bodybuilder with atrophy of vastus lateralis. click on the first link.

has anyone seen this? discuss.


http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pic...8&blobtype=pdf

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1998 Oct;65(4):614. Mononeuropathy of a distal branch of the femoral nerve in a body building champion.

Padua L, D'Aloya E, LoMonaco M, Padua R, Gregori B, Tonali P.
Istituto di Neurologia, Università Cattolica SC, Roma, Italy.
A unique case of a body building champion with localised atrophy of the distal portion of the vastus lateralis muscle is reported; neurophysiological evaluation suggests a selective lesion of a distal branch of the vastus lateralis nerve (a motor branch of the femoral nerve). A necroscopic study in four cases was performed to better clarify the site and mechanism of nerve lesion. The data suggest that stretching and compression of the nerve has probably occurred during strenous exercise.

[bigleemurali]

i am not completely similar to the pics shown in the subject but i too have a very bad atrophy in that muscle.. But working my way up with the help of my coach...

[JWolfe]

Mine drops in like that also on the right leg. but then at the bottom by the knee the muscle is there again, almost like it is just missing in a section. I think mine is from nerve damage from a quad injection. If things come up in life and I don't get to train legs for a few weeks I start to get pain in it.