ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2015
Minimum reporting standards for clinical research on groin pain in athletes.
Article in British journal of sports medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled 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
- Exercise Interventions for the Prevention and Treatment of Groin Pain and Injury in Athletes: A Critical and Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Pooled it
- Non-surgical treatment of pubic overload and groin pain in amateur football players: a prospective double-blinded randomised controlled study.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2017Trial
- Clinical examination findings were not associated with isometric strength or functional performance in adults with groin pain.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2026Observational
- Groin Pain Syndrome: Analysis of Surgical and Nonsurgical Outcomes Between Athletes and Nonathletes With "Sports Hernia" Using a Standardized Management Algorithm.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- MRI findings in athletic groin pain: correlation of imaging with history and examination in symptomatic and asymptomatic athletes.Skeletal radiology · 2025Article
- Inter-examiner reliability of the Doha agreement meeting classification system of groin pain in male athletes.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2023Article
- Soccer players show the highest seasonal groin pain prevalence and the longest time loss from sport among 500 athletes from major team sports.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- Hip Muscle Strength Explains Only 11% of the Improvement in HAGOS With an Intersegmental Approach to Successful Rehabilitation of Athletic Groin Pain.The American journal of sports medicine · 2021Article
- Stretching for Recovery from Groin Pain or Injury in Athletes: A Critical and Systematic Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2021Review
- Hip and groin injury is the most common non-time-loss injury in female amateur football.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2019Article
- Long-standing groin pain in contact sports: a prospective case-control and MRI study.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2019Article
- Clinical and biomechanical outcomes of rehabilitation targeting intersegmental control in athletic groin pain: prospective cohort of 205 patients.British journal of sports medicine · 2018Article
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- Cam morphology and inguinal pathologies: is there a possible connection?Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2017Observational
- IMPROVING THE REPORTING OF THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS IN REHABILITATION RESEARCH.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2017Article
- 2016 Patellofemoral pain consensus statement from the 4th International Patellofemoral Pain Research Retreat, Manchester. Part 2: recommended physical interventions (exercise, taping, bracing, foot orthoses and combined interventions).British journal of sports medicine · 2016Article
- Doha agreement meeting on terminology and definitions in groin pain in athletes.British journal of sports medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
Groin pain in athletes is a priority area for sports physiotherapy and sports medicine research. Heterogeneous studies with low methodological quality dominate research related to groin pain in athletes. Low-quality studies undermine the external validity of research findings and limit the ability to generalise findings to the target patient population. Minimum reporting standards for research on groin pain in athletes are overdue. We propose a set of minimum reporting standards based on best available evidence to be utilised in future research on groin pain in athletes. Minimum reporting standards are provided in relation to: (1) study methodology, (2) study participants and injury history, (3) clinical examination, (4) clinical assessment and (5) radiology. Adherence to these minimum reporting standards will strengthen the quality and transparency of research conducted on groin pain in athletes. This will allow an easier comparison of outcomes across studies in the future.
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