Patrick Step Up - unilateral VMO, Vastus medial is oblique and quadriceps strengthening exercise
Exercise Overview
The Patrick Step Up is a single-leg strengthening exercise used to improve quadriceps strength, especially the vastus medialis oblique (VMO), during functional weight-bearing activity. It helps train knee control, lower-extremity alignment, and eccentric strength needed for stairs, walking, and return to sport.
Muscles Involved
Vastus medialis obliqueQuadricepsGluteus mediusGluteus maximusHamstringsGastrocnemiusSoleus
Related Conditions
Patellofemoral pain syndromeQuadriceps weaknessVMO insufficiencyKnee valgus control deficitsPost-operative knee rehabilitationChondromalacia patellaFunctional stair negotiation deficits
