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Adductors – transverse

Patient Positioning

Patient supine, leg abducted and externally rotated, knee bent.

Probe Positioning

Place the transducer on their short axis over the adductors. Three muscle layers should be visualized: superficial: adductor longus muscle (lateral) and gracilis muscle (medial), second: adductor brevis muscle, third and deepest layer: adductor magnus muscle

Pelvis medial adductors transverse
Pelvis medial adductors transverse

note: Three muscle layers can be visualized: superficial: adductor longus muscle (lateral) and gracilis muscle (medial), second: adductor brevis muscle, third and deepest layer: adductor magnus muscle