Hip Adductor Muscle Forces During Strength Training and Rehabilitation Exercises

Key Points

• The aim is to evaluate muscle forces generated by hip adductor exercises for optimal performance and rehabilitation strategies.
• Analyzed forces during various hip adductor exercises
• Focused on the Copenhagen adduction exercise and hip extension-oriented exercises
• Ranked muscle forces according to exercise type
• Copenhagen adduction exercise produced the highest forces across hip adductor muscles
• High forces from adductor magnus observed during hip extension-oriented exercises
• Findings support targeted exercise selection for rehabilitation and injury prevention