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 ...

The adductor muscle comprises five muscles: the adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor brevis, gracilis, and pectineus. The adductor magnus is the largest of them. It extends the hips and ...

An isolated left adductor brevis strain was seen (Fig 1). Its appearance can be compared to that of the more common adductor longus tear of another hockey player (Fig 2). The patient's injury was ...