The pyramidalis–anterior pubic ligament–adductor longus complex (PLAC) and its role with adductor injuries: a new anatomical concept

E Schilders, S Bharam, E Golan… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Adductor longus injuries are complex. The conflict between views in the recent
literature and various nineteenth-century anatomy books regarding symphyseal and …

Proximal adductor avulsions are rarely isolated but usually involve injury to the PLAC and pectineus: descriptive MRI findings in 145 athletes

E Schilders, AWM Mitchell, R Johnson… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of the study is to review the MRI findings in a cohort of athletes who
sustained acute traumatic avulsions of the adductor longus fibrocartilaginous entheses, and …

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

KJ Norton‐old, AG Schache, PJ Barker… - Clinical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The objectives of this study were to investigate the anatomical relationship between the
proximal adductor longus (AL) and rectus abdominis muscles and to determine whether …

Anatomy of the proximal musculotendinous junction of the adductor longus muscle

DJ Tuite, PJ Finegan, AP Saliaris… - Knee Surgery …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Injuries to the adductor longus commonly occur in the proximal part of the muscle tendon
unit, close to the insertion site on the pubic bone. Ultrasonography, magnetic resonance …

Successful return to high-level sports following early surgical repair of combined adductor complex and rectus abdominis avulsion

RJ Tansey, H Benjamin-Laing, S Jassim… - The Bone & Joint …, 2015 - boneandjoint.org.uk
Hip and groin injuries are common in athletes who take part in high level sports. Adductor
muscle tendon injuries represent a small but important number of these injuries. Avulsion of …

Athletic pubalgia secondary to rectus abdominis–adductor longus aponeurotic plate injury: Diagnosis, management, and operative treatment of 100 competitive …

BA Emblom, T Mathis, K Aune - Orthopaedic journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: A rectus abdominis–adductor longus (RA-AL) aponeurotic plate injury,
commonly associated with athletic pubalgia, sports hernia, or a core muscle injury, causes …

Cadaveric and MRI study of the musculotendinous contributions to the capsule of the symphysis pubis

P Robinson, F Salehi, A Grainger… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to define the relations of the symphysis pubis and
capsular tissues to the adductor and rectus abdominis soft-tissue attachments on cadaver …

Analysis of the cross-sectional area of the adductor longus tendon: a descriptive anatomic study

EJ Strauss, K Campbell… - The American journal of …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Strain injury to the adductor longus muscle is a common cause of groin pain in
athletes and generally occurs in the proximal portion of the muscle, near its origin from the …

Architecture and fiber type of the pyramidalis muscle

RM Lovering, LD Anderson - Anatomical science international, 2008 - Springer
The paired pyramidalis muscles are small triangular-shaped muscles that lie between the
anterior surface of the rectus abdominus and the posterior surface of the rectus sheath. The …

Articularis genus: an anatomic and MRI study in cadavers

SJ Woodley, CP Latimer, GR Meikle, MD Stringer - JBJS, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: The articularis genus muscle is closely associated with the anterior aspect of
the knee joint and may act to elevate or retract the suprapatellar bursa. Its form and function …