Background Hip adductor muscle weakness and a history of groin injury both have been identified as strong risk factors for sustaining a new groin injury. Current groin pain and age have been associated with hip adductor strength. These factors could be related, but this has never been investigated. Purpose To investigate whether soccer athletes with past-season groin pain and with different d...

Background. Groin injuries are frequent and commonly seen in soccer. The Copenhagen Adduction Exercise (CAE) increases eccentric hip adduction strength and reduces the groin injury incident. Objectives. To assess the professional and semi-professional soccer players and coaches’ awareness, implementation, and opinion of the CAE. Methods. A cross-sectional study based on a survey consisting of...

BACKGROUND Use of the femoral vein for the injection of illicit drugs (i.e. groin injecting) has been linked to various health-related harms, including deep vein thrombosis. However, little is known about the prevalence of groin injecting and factors that predict this practice among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Thailand. We sought to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with g...

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to determine if risk factors for groin injuries among male soccer players could be identified. HYPOTHESIS Previous groin injuries, reduced function scores, age, findings on clinical examination, and low isometric groin strength are associated with increased risk of new groin injuries. STUDY DESIGN Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3. METHODS A total of 5...

Groin pain is a common complaint amongst sportsmen and women accounting for nearly 10% of all sports related injuries. This article focuses on non-bony causes of groin pain in sportsmen, particularly upon the condition commonly known as ‘sportsman’s hernia’ or ‘sportsman’s groin’. It also highlights a new concept for the cause of groin pain in that the authors consider that many elite athletes ...

Groin pain may stem from a variety of different causes. Adductor tendinopathy is a common but infrequently recognised cause of chronic groin pain especially in athletes. This case report describes a case of clinically suspected adductor tendinopathy in an amateur athlete confirmed by MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging). Relevant literature on musculotendinous injuries of the groin along with diffe...

BACKGROUND The majority of surveillance studies in soccer have used a time-loss injury definition, and many groin problems result from overuse, leading to gradually increasing pain and/or reduced performance without necessarily causing an absence from soccer training or match play. Thus, the magnitude of groin problems in soccer has probably been underestimated in previous studies based on trad...

Of all the hernia varieties, groin hernias are most prevalent. A gap in endo-abdominal fascia known as an inguinal is large enough to allow evacuation of intraperitoneal or preperitoneal contents into groin.

context groin injuries are among the most common injuries co-existing with sports. the aim of this review was to outline the epidemiology and identify risk factors, as well as examine preventative and interventional measures for reducing the occurrence of this form of injury among athletes. evidence acquisition an electronic, systematic search for relevant keywords, either separately or in comb...