"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR with the words “abduction” and “adduction” but you're not exactly sure what they ...

Ever heard the words abduction and adduction in relation to your workouts? These two similar-sounding terms describe opposite movements that are key to improving strength, mobility, and injury ...

Ever heard the words abduction and adduction in relation to your workouts? These two similar-sounding terms describe opposite movements that are key to improving strength, mobility, and injury ...

Objective To systematically review the association between hip adduction and abduction strength, and adduction-to-abduction strength ratio in healthy athletes with the occurrence of future groin pain ...

Objective: To determine if the combined isometric contractions of knee extension/hip adduction and knee extension/hip abduction will elicit a different quadriceps and gluteus medius electromyographic ...

Exercising your glutes might not be the first activity that comes to mind when you think of your bed, but it is possible to give your butt a workout while lying down on your mattress — whether it’s ...

Hip fractures are common in people with osteoporosis, particularly in the femoral neck. The femoral neck is a short, bony segment that connects the head of the femur (thigh bone) to the main shaft, ...

A lot of runners have become so preoccupied with their knees that they’ve taken their hips for granted. In a study published in the International Journal of Sports Medicine, runners with a variety of ...

Most men don't do certain exercises because they think they look too "girly." They tend to avoid the abduction (outer thigh) and adduction (inner thigh) machines, apparently thinking they're only for ...