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== Physiotherapy Relevance == # [[File:Baseball.jpeg|thumb|Baseball - potential Gracilis injury]] [[Groin Strain|Groin strain]]/adductor tendinopathy commonly occur in high impact sports that involve ballistic movements or stretching eg soccer, hockey, baseball. Tearing of the muscles usually occur at proximal region near bony attachments at the pelvis<ref name=":1">Teach Me Anatomy. Muscles in the Medial Compartment of the Thigh. Available from: https://teachmeanatomy.info/lower-limb/muscles/thigh/medial-compartment/ (Accessed on 19 May 2020) </ref> # In women, the muscular volume of the medial vastus is greater than in men, while the volume of the gracilis muscle (and the sartorius muscle) is smaller. This predisposes females to [[Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction|ACL injury]] compared to males.<ref name=":2" /> # Surgeons may use the gracilis tendon in reconstruction surgery of the ACL<ref name=":2" /> # [[Pes Anserinus Bursitis|Pes anserine bursitis]] is an inflammatory condition of bursa of the conjoined insertion of the sartorius, gracilis and semitendinosus. Pes anserine bursitis is commonly seen in patients who have obese, have osteoarthritis, and female.<ref name=":2" />

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