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a pt complaining of weakness in her rt leg,,she is unable to rotate her thigh laterally,which muscle is injured?
adductor brevis
adductor longus
gracilis
obturator externus
pectineus
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obt ext/obt int/gemelli/quadratus femoris/piriformis are all short external rotators
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of this which is the medial rotater
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i think all medial compartment muscle can internally rotate...like adductors and gracilis
pectinious flexes as well as adducts
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pectineus flexes n adduct the thigh at thehip joint
adductors r medial rotators.pls corect me if am wrong
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adductor magnus-longus-brevis muscles=adduction of thigh
iliacus and sartorious muscle=flexion of thigh
gluteus medious-minimus=abduction of thigh
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Internal rotator -Tensor Facsiea -Superior gluteal -L4-S-1
Gluteus Minimus-Superior Glueal Nerve -L4-S1
This is for hip