The adductor muscle comprises five muscles: the adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor brevis, gracilis, and pectineus. The adductor magnus is the largest of them. It extends the hips and ...

The adductor longus (AL) muscle is commonly indicated in adductor pathology and may be considered a ‘target’ tissue, yet there is minimal literature examining adductor muscle activation during such ...

8] suggested that the adductor longus was the only muscle of the hip adductor group in which objective sports-related trauma occurred. As with almost all acute muscle strains, the mechanism of ...

A rapid muscle activation during a rapid muscle lengthening appears to be the fundamental injury mechanism for acute adductor longus injuries.