Hip Abduction
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Outer-hip machine movement training the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus; also listed as the vastus medialis exercise.
Detail
Abduction is the listed exercise for the hip abductors (Keiser, Cybex Multi-Hip). The hip abductors are the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. Hip abduction ROM is 45 degrees (limited by the 2-joint gracilis muscle). The gluteus medius is a fan-shaped muscle under the gluteus maximus important for balance in walking; its anterior fibers are active in hip flexion/medial rotation and its posterior fibers in hip extension/lateral rotation; the gluteus minimus functions similarly. The source also lists hip abduction as the exercise for the vastus medialis (an atrophic-weakening muscle).
Key facts
- Primary Muscles: Gluteus Medius, Gluteus Minimus.
- Also listed as the Vastus Medialis exercise.
- Hip abduction ROM: 45 degrees.
Connections
- Hip Abductors — the abductor group.
- Gluteus Medius / Gluteus Minimus — the abductors.
- Abduction — the movement term.
- Hip Joint Range of Motion — abduction ROM.
- Hip Adduction — the antagonist movement.
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