SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2007
What are the risk factors for groin strain injury in sport? A systematic review of the literature.
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- Relationship Between Jump-Landing Kinematics and Lower Extremity Overuse Injuries in Physically Active Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- Is lower hip range of motion a risk factor for groin pain in athletes? A systematic review with clinical applications.British journal of sports medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Which factors differentiate athletes with hip/groin pain from those without? A systematic review with meta-analysis.British journal of sports medicine · 2015Pooled it
- Conservative interventions for treating exercise-related musculotendinous, ligamentous and osseous groin pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
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- Muscle activity of cutting manoeuvres and soccer inside passing suggests an increased groin injury risk during these movements.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Prevalence and patterns of adductor lesions on MRI in athletes with osteitis pubis.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2025Article
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- Epidemiology of Injuries in Men's Professional and Amateur Football (Part I).Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Fatigue as a key factor for testing knee stability with single leg drop landing for injury prevention and return to play tests.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Return to Full Duty in a Military Population After a Recent Injury: Differences Between Lower-Extremity and Spine Injuries.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Long-standing pubic-related groin pain in professional academy soccer players: a prospective cohort study on possible risk factors, rehabilitation and return to play.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Systematic review of screening tools for common soccer injuries and their risk factors.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2021Article
- Adductor Muscles Strength and Strength Asymmetry as Risk Factors for Groin Injuries among Professional Soccer Players: A Prospective Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Hip and Groin Pain in Soccer Players.Joints · 2019Review
- Different strength declines in leg primary movers versus stabilizers across age-Implications for the risk of falls in older adults?PloS one · 2019Article
- Epidemiology of Hip and Groin Injuries in Collegiate Athletes in the United States.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2018Article
- The Individual and Combined Effects of Multiple Factors on the Risk of Soft Tissue Non-contact Injuries in Elite Team Sport Athletes.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
- Prognostic factors for specific lower extremity and spinal musculoskeletal injuries identified through medical screening and training load monitoring in professional football (soccer): a systematic review.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2017Article
- Groin Pain Syndrome Italian Consensus Conference on terminology, clinical evaluation and imaging assessment in groin pain in athlete.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
Groin injury is among the most common cited injuries in the sports of ice hockey, soccer, Australian Rules football, calisthenics and cricket. There are very few prospective studies examining risk factors for groin strain injury in sport. There is support for an association of previous injury and greater abductor to adductor strength ratios as well as sport specificity of training and pre-season sport-specific training, as individual risk factors in groin strain injury in athletes. Core muscle weakness or delayed onset of transversus abdominal muscle recruitment may increase the risk of groin strain injury. Debate exists in the literature regarding the role of adductor strength and length as well as age and/or sport experience as risk factors for groin injury. There is no strong evidence to support a causal association for any of these risk factors and groin injury.
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