Muscles / Hips
Adductor brevis
- Hips
- Thigh & knee
- Intermediate layer
Anatomy
- Origin
- Body and inferior ramus of the pubis
- Insertion
- Pectineal line and proximal linea aspera
- Nerve
- Obturator nerve (L2-L4)
Actions
- Adducts the hip
- Assists hip flexion
Exercises that train it most
Copenhagen adduction
Adductor squeeze (isometric)
Standing cable hip adduction
Side-lying inner thigh lift
References (4)
- Standring S, ed. Elsevier. Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. 42nd ed.
- Dalley AF, Agur AMR. Wolters Kluwer. Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 9th ed.
- Neumann DA. Elsevier. Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation. 3rd ed.
- Betts JG, Young KA, Wise JA, et al. OpenStax (free, openly licensed textbook). Anatomy and Physiology 2e