Anatomical and mechanical relationship between the proximal attachment of adductor longus and the distal rectus sheath

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 522-530

  Norton Old, Kimberley J ^a   Schache, Anthony G ^a   Barker, Priscilla J ^b   Clark, Ross A ^a   Harrison, Simon M ^a   Briggs, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

athletic groin pain; pubic symphysis; rectus abdominis; strain gage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL DDUCTOR LONGUS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; TENDONS; THIGH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84876291653     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22116     Document Type: Article

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