Measuring eccentric hip adductor strength during the Copenhagen adduction exercise: A proof-of-concept and test re-test reliability study

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Key Points

  1. This study assessed the test-retest reliability of a novel method for measuring eccentric hip adductor strength, which uses a load cell during the Copenhagen adduction exercise.
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE

Eccentric hip adductor strength is important for preventing and rehabilitating adductor injuries, which are common in field sport athletes. However, existing techniques for measuring eccentric hip adductor strength use a handheld dynamometer and lack adequate reliability (1).

A new measurement paradigm using an externally fixed load cell, similar to strength measurement in the Nordic hamstring exercise (2), may be more reliable. The Copenhagen adduction exercise, an evidence-based strategy for training and rehabilitating the adductors (3), provides a suitable setup. The purpose of this study was to assess the test-retest reliability of this novel measurement technique.

Eccentric hip adductor strength is important for preventing and rehabilitating adductor injuries.
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Eccentric hip adductor strength during the Copenhagen adduction exercise can be measured reliably in male field sport athletes.

METHODS

  • 20 healthy male field sport athletes (24 ± 6 years old) participated in a test-retest reliability study of eccentric hip adductor strength. Strength was measured during the Copenhagen adduction exercise with a commercially available Bluetooth load cell (Tindeq Progressor, see
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