A 32-year-old man who worked as a National Hockey League offenseman described a noncontact injury to the left groin at the end of a long practice session. Although fatigued, he had had no warning ...

Chronic groin pain is a common presentation in sports medicine ... The anterior branch innervates the adductor longus, brevis, gracilis and, occasionally, the pectineus; it supplies sensory ...

They also enhance sports performance and can help prevent injury. However ... muscle comprises five muscles: the adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor brevis, gracilis, and pectineus.

Background Change of direction and kicking have been described as the main actions resulting in adductor longus injury. Video descriptions of inciting events are lacking. Objective Perform a ...

However, this case appears to be unique in that the injury was an isolated adductor brevis tear; previous reports [3,8] suggested that the adductor longus was the only muscle of the hip adductor ...