Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The iliacus and psoas magnus muscles taken together, or some muscle which represents them.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct muscles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A compound muscle composed of the
iliac andpsoas muscles
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Examples
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These include the positioning of the pelvis, the front hip flexors (known as the iliopsoas), the abdominals, and gently stretching and contracting the muscles of the lower back.
Sara Avant Stover: Unplug and Recharge: Loving Your Lower Back, Part I (VIDEO) 2009
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It's a magic pose that targets many stretches at once: it unlocks tight hips, IT band, hamstrings, iliopsoas, quads, releases sciatica and lower back tension.
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The muscles on the front are the iliopsoas and the muscles on the back are the six outward rotators.
The Genius of Flexibility Bob Cooley 2005
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The muscles on the front are the iliopsoas and the muscles on the back are the six outward rotators.
The Genius of Flexibility Bob Cooley 2005
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It supplies branches to the iliopsoas [43] (designated by Girard, the iliacomuscular nerves).
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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It runs ventrally and backward, at first between the psoas major and minor, then crosses the deep face of the tendon of the latter and descends under cover of the sartorious over the terminal part of the iliopsoas.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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If that doesn't help, a sports injury specialist may recommend soft-tissue therapy myofascial release or, in the worst-case scenario, surgical release of the iliopsoas tendon.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Adriana Barton 2011
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An internal snapping hip is caused by the iliopsoas tendon as it catches on the front of the pelvis.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Adriana Barton 2011
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In addition, the anatomic cup design has an iliopsoas tendon cut-out aimed at reducing iliopsoas tendon impingement (6), a key cause of post-operative groin pain.
Medgadget 2010
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The major new muscles used are the hip flexors, or iliopsoas.
PezCyclingNews.com 2009
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