The main adductors of the hip are the adductor magnus muscle, the adductor longus muscle, and the adductor brevis muscle. These adductors are assisted by the gracilis and the pectineus. The gracilis ...

Adductor and abductor muscles have caused their fair share of muscle confusion for new fitness students. Many exercise movements, whether in a classroom, your own front room or out in the field, are ...

This case conforms to current scientific and clinical data [2,3,4,5,6,7,8] describing acute muscle injuries in that a hip adductor strain occurred as a result of a forceful eccentric contraction, was ...

Background Hip adductor longus (AL) strains, which could result in missed playing time for athletes in many sports, are encountered in soccer frequently. Although, two of main kicking techniques in ...

Background Groin pain is a common injury among football code athletes. The repetitive turning, twisting and kicking involved in such sports place supra-physiological stresses through the pelvic region ...

Florida Panthers wing Matthew Tkachuk has reportedly undergone surgery to repair a torn adductor muscle and sports hernia. Recovery from the procedure could keep him sidelined from the back-to-back ...

A 32-year-old man who worked as a National Hockey League offenseman described a noncontact injury to the left groin at the end of a long practice session. Although fatigued, he had had no warning ...