Sentences with phrase «adductor brevis»

Pectineus is positioned between the Iliopsoas and Adductor Longus muscles and is part of the short adductor group with adductors brevis and longus.

They include the adductor brevis, adductor longus, adductor magnus, adductor minimus, gracilis, and pectineus.

MRI studies will show that both the Semi-Stiff Leg Deadlift and the Good Morning involve the adductor magnus, adductor brevis, biceps femoris and semi tendinosus.

The adductor brevis (also known as the groin) is a muscle in the thigh situated immediately deep to the pectineus and adductor longus.

[1] The adductor brevis and the rest of the adductor muscle group is also used to stabilize left to right movements of the trunk, when standing on both feet, or to balance when standing on a moving surface.

The main function of the adductor brevis is to pull the thigh medially.

The Inner Thigh also referred to as the adductor group consists of 5 muscles — pectineus, adductor brevis, adductor longus, adductor magnus, and gracilis.

The groin muscles include: include the adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor brevis, pectineus, and gracilis.

Assessing in flexion also removes any additional restriction coming from the external rotators that cross the hip joint at the front (e.g. iliopsoas, sartorius, pectineus and adductors brevis and magnus).

For example, it has been noted that both the adductor longus and adductor brevis contain large intra-muscular tendons, that the adductor brevis and gracilis are fused together at the proximal end, that the proximal adductor longus is attached to the pubic symphysis and also connects with the rectus abdominis muscle (Davis et al. 2012).

The adductor longus is widely known as the adductor that is commonly strained (see reviews by Renström and Peterson, 1980; Nicholas and Tyler, 2002; Davis et al. 2012) although there are case reports of strains to the adductor brevis (Attarian, 1999) and the gracilis (Pedret et al. 2011).

The adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor brevis and pectineus display similar fascicle lengths, while the gracilis is much longer and the obturator externus is much shorter.

The adductor longus, adductor brevis and gracilis are less pennated, with angles of around 6 — 8 degrees (Ward et al. 2009).

In contrast, the adductor longus, adductor brevis, gracilis, pectineus and obturator externus are much smaller, although their volumes range widely, from the pectineus at 13 ml to the adductor longus at 188 ml.

Dostal et al. (1986) reported that the adductor longus, adductor brevis, gracilis, obturator externus, and pectineus displayed lengths of 0.7 cm, 0.5 cm, -0.3 cm, -0.4 cm, and 1.0 cm respectively.

Adductor brevis: originates on the ramus of the pubis on the pelvis; inserts on the linea aspera of the femur

In contrast, the adductor longus, adductor brevis, gracilis, pectineus and obturator externus are much lighter.

Dostal et al. (1986) reported muscle moment arms of -4.1 cm, -2.1 cm, and -3.6 cm for the adductor longus, adductor brevis and pectineus, respectively.

The adductor longus, adductor brevis, gracilis all have substantial hip adduction muscle moment arms.

Indeed, the adductor longus, adductor brevis and pectineus appear to be relatively competent hip flexors.

Dostal et al. (1986) reported muscle moment arms of 7.1 cm, 7.6 cm, and 7.1 cm for the adductor longus, adductor brevis, and gracilis, respectively.

Since the adductor magnus is a much larger muscle but is less effective at producing hip adduction as the adductor longus and adductor brevis, this may influence why these smaller muscles are more frequently injured in sport.

The other adductors (i.e. the adductor longus, adductor brevis, gracilis and obturator externus) do not produce hip extension but are in fact mostly hip flexors.

The adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor brevis, gracilis all have substantial hip adduction muscle moment arms.

The adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor brevis and pectineus display lengths of around 10 — 14 cm (Friederich & Brand, 1990; Horsmann et al. 2007; Ward et al. 2009).

The adductor group comprises the adductor magnus, adductor brevis, and adductor longus, as well as the gracilis and pectineus.

In contrast, the adductor longus, adductor brevis, gracilis, pectineus and obturator externus are much smaller (Pohtilla et al. 1969; Ito et al. 2003; Ahedi et al. 2014).