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Objective To systematically review the association between hip adduction and abduction strength, and adduction-to-abduction strength ratio in healthy athletes with the occurrence of future groin pain ...

Ever heard the words abduction and adduction in relation to your workouts? These two similar-sounding terms describe opposite movements that are key to improving strength, mobility, and injury ...

Objective: To determine if the combined isometric contractions of knee extension/hip adduction and knee extension/hip abduction will elicit a different quadriceps and gluteus medius electromyographic ...

When it comes to running, the hips play a central role. One group of muscles often neglected by runners: the hip abductors. We talked to experts to define hip abductors, uncover the role they play in ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Sitting at a computer all day or simply not getting up to move can result in hip and lower back pain. But Carlos Rivas, the Director of Health and Wellbeing at Proformance, ...

Hip fractures are common in people with osteoporosis, particularly in the femoral neck. The femoral neck is a short, bony segment that connects the head of the femur (thigh bone) to the main shaft, ...