Hip Adductors
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The hip adductors are the pectineus, adductor brevis, adductor longus, adductor magnus, and gracilis.
Detail
The primary hip adductors are:
- Pectineus
- Adductor Brevis
- Adductor Longus
- Adductor Magnus
- Gracilis
The contribution of the adductor muscles to hip-joint function is still being debated; there is substantial research evidence supporting that the adductors function not as prime movers but by reflex response to gait activities. The gracilis is the only 2-joint muscle of all the adductor muscles and is also a knee flexor; it is a weak adductor that, under normal living, one can live without (it can be used in surgical transplant). The training exercise listed is adduction.
Key facts
- 5 hip adductors: pectineus, adductor brevis, adductor longus, adductor magnus, gracilis.
- Adductors may function by reflex response to gait rather than as prime movers.
- Gracilis is the only 2-joint adductor; also a knee flexor; weak and expendable.
- Hip adduction ROM: 30°.
Connections
- Adduction — the movement they produce.
- Gracilis — the 2-joint adductor.
- Hip Joint Range of Motion — hip adduction ROM.
- Hip Adduction — training exercise.
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