Differences in quadriceps and hamstring strength among college students

Introduction: Strength of the quadriceps and hamstring of a person is determined by individual gender, age and individuals physical activity. There seems to be a difference in strength of quadriceps and hamstring in male and female but no study has been done to study the same. Hence this study Aims to find out the difference between strength of quadriceps and hamstring Muscle among college students. Methodology: 120 Individuals both male and female between the age group of 18-25 who actively consented to participate and had no history of disease or difficulty with walking or musculoskeletal disorder were taken from Padmashree Institute of Physiotherapy. Quadriceps and Hamstring strength was measured by using FET2 dynamometer. Results: The demographic characteristics were tabulated and the difference between the strength of male and female in hamstrings and quadriceps muscles were calculated in the form of Mean ±SD. Conclusion: From our study we conclude that quadriceps strength was higher than hamstring strength. Also while considering the gender males were seen to have higher quadriceps and hamstring strength compared to female. This could have been because men has more of type II muscle fibers while women has more of type I muscle fibers.