Hip Adductor Muscles. Included in this group are the adductor longus. The many muscles of the hip provide movement, strength, and stability to the hip joint and the bones of the hip and thigh.
The adductor longus arises from the body of pubis inferior to pubic crest and lateral to pubic symphysis. The other adductor muscles are innervated by the obturator nerve with the exception of a small part of the adductor magnus which is innervated by the tibial nerve. The other adductor muscles include the adductor longus, adductor brevis, gracilis, and pectineus.
Adductor Strains in Soccer
The hamstring and quadriceps muscle groups are particularly at risk for muscle strains because they cross both the hip and knee joints. The adductor magnus appears to display a relatively mixed muscle fibre type proportion, albeit with a greater proportion of type i muscle fibres. These muscles move the thigh toward the body’s midline. Range of motion testing of the hip is usually normal, but.
