BMJ

Association of strength and range of motion with alpha angles in elite youth hockey players

Background Increased alpha angle of the hip is associated with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). Decreased hip range of motion (ROM) and hip adductor/abductor muscular imbalances are reportedly ...
Medscape

Sports Hernias, Adductor Injuries, and Hip Problems Are Linked

Everything in medicine is connected, a principle I particularly keep in mind when I'm dealing with sports hernias (or athletic pubalgia), adductor injuries, and hip problems. I like to think of the ...
Well+Good

Hip Adduction Exercises Are the Secret to Lower-Body Strength and Mobility. Here Are 5 Moves to Try

You may think of your hips as bones or the focus of pop songs (cue: Shakira, Shakira), but they’re so much more than that. The hip joint is quite complex, including about 20 different muscles 1 that ...
BMJ

Prevalence of radiological signs of femoroacetabular impingement in patients presenting with long-standing adductor-related groin pain

1 Sports Medicine Department, The Hague Medical Centre, Antoniushove Hospital, Leidschendam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Sports Medicine, Rijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, The Netherlands 3 ...