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Table 1

Hip abductor and adductor muscle strengthening exercises

Exercise

Dosage

Abduction in sidelying

3 sets of 10 at a 10 RM resistance

 Unilateral hip abduction performed in sidelying with the use of ankle cuff weights


Abduction in standing

3 sets of 10 with moderate resistance band

 Unilateral hip abduction performed in standing with the use of resistance band


Standing wall isometric hip abduction

3 sets of 10 with 5 second holds

 Performed in unipedal stance with the opposite limb in 90 degrees of hip and knee flexion. Exercises will be done for both limbs.


Adduction in sidelying

3 sets of 10 at a 10 RM resistance

 Unilateral hip adduction performed in sidelying with the use of ankle cuff weights if possible


Abduction in standing

3 sets of 10 with moderate resistance band

 Unilateral hip abduction performed in standing with the use of resistance band


Towel squeezes

3 sets of 10 with 5 second holds

 Bilateral isometric hip adduction against a rolled-up towel in sitting


BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2007; 8: 121.

Published online 2007 December 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-121.

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