The adductor muscle comprises five muscles: the adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor brevis, gracilis, and pectineus. The adductor magnus is the largest of them.

It also contributes to lateral and medial rotation of the thigh. ... The adductor longus, adductor magnus, and adductor brevis are the three most powerful muscles of the thigh.

The authors compared 18 MPFL reconstructions with adductor magnus tendon to 29 Roux-Goldwait procedures (partial transposition of the insertion of the patella tendon) with regard to the Kujala ...