ReviewSports health2016
Groin Injuries (Athletic Pubalgia) and Return to Play.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.
- Overuse-Related Injuries of the Musculoskeletal System: Systematic Review and Quantitative Synthesis of Injuries, Locations, Risk Factors and Assessment Techniques.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Pooled it
- The effects of TECAR therapy on pain, range of motion, strength and subscale of HAGOS questionnaire in athletes with chronic adductor related groin pain: a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of Abdominal and Gluteus Medius Training in Lumbo-Pelvic Stability and Adductor Strength in Female Soccer Players. A Randomized Controlled Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Hip and groin pain in physically active adults with a focus on terminology, clinical examination and imaging: A formal ESSKA-EHPA-ESMA Consensus.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Article
- Periostitis of the Pubic Symphysis in Inguinal and Femoral Hernia: An Uninterpreted Source of Chronic Groin Pain.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Clinical examination of musculoskeletal groin pain: a simple protocol for hernia surgeons (Groin-MAP).Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- The Challenge of Understanding Gilmore's Groin: An Analysis of Online Patient Resources.Cureus · 2026Article
- Cough-Induced Groin Pain: Misleading Symptom or Diagnostic Key for Differential Diagnosis.Clinical medicine insights. Arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Mapping the Research Landscape of Osteitis Pubis and Athletic Pubalgia in Soccer.Orthopedic reviews · 2026Article
- Musculoskeletal mimics of lumbosacral radiculopathy.Muscle & nerve · 2025Review
- What the Radiologist Needs to Know About Sport Hernias: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Narrative Review and Clinical Recommendations for Sportsman's Hernia and Athletic Pubalgia Based on 30 Years of Expert Experience.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2025Review
- Hip Sideline Emergencies and Hip Injuries in Elite Athletes.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2024Review
- MR imaging spectrum of adolescent pubic symphyseal injuries/athletic pubalgia.Pediatric radiology · 2024Article
- Associations Between Hip Pathology, Hip and Groin Pain, and Injuries in Hockey Athletes: A Clinical Commentary.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
- Nonsurgical Management of Adductor-related groin pain with Ultrasound-Guided Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection and Physical Therapy in a Competitive Soccer Player: A Case Report.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
- Relationship between Femoroacetabular Impingement and Pubalgia in Professional Soccer Players.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2023Article
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- Telemedicine Evaluation of Hip Ailments.Cureus · 2023Article
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Abstract
contextGroin pain is a common entity in athletes involved in sports that require acute cutting, pivoting, or kicking such as soccer and ice hockey. Athletic pubalgia is increasingly recognized as a common cause of chronic groin and adductor pain in athletes. It is considered an overuse injury predisposing to disruption of the rectus tendon insertion to the pubis and weakness of the posterior inguinal wall without a clinically detectable hernia. These patients often require surgical therapy after failure of nonoperative measures. A variety of surgical options have been used, and most patients improve and return to high-level competition. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: PubMed databases were searched to identify relevant scientific and review articles from January 1920 to January 2015 using the search terms groin pain, sports hernia, athletic pubalgia, adductor strain, osteitis pubis, stress fractures, femoroacetabular impingement, and labral tears. STUDY
designClinical review. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 4. RESULTS AND
conclusionAthletic pubalgia is an overuse injury involving a weakness in the rectus abdominis insertion or posterior inguinal wall of the lower abdomen caused by acute or repetitive injury of the structure. A variety of surgical options have been reported with successful outcomes, with high rates of return to the sport in the majority of cases.
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