Correspondence to Kate E Webster, Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia; k.webster{at}latrobe.edu.au Background The external knee adduction moment ...
The main adductors of the hip are the adductor magnus muscle, the adductor longus muscle, and the adductor brevis muscle. These adductors are assisted by the gracilis and the pectineus. The gracilis ...
On the medial side (closest to the middle) of the thigh, the adductor magnus muscle creates the shape of a large triangle. As an adductor, it contracts and pulls the hip towards the body’s midline.