Background: Posterior abdominal wall deficiency (PAWD) is a tear in the external oblique aponeurosis or the conjoint tendon causing ... Objective: To assess lower limb and abdominal muscle strength of ...

The external obliques on either side not only help rotate the trunk, but they perform a few other vital functions. These muscles help pull the chest, as a whole, downwards, which compresses the ...

Gilmore's groin involves a tear of the adductor muscles, usually high up near ... the features of a Gilmore's groin include a torn external oblique aponeurosis (ribbon like structure), tendon ...