ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2019
Long-standing groin pain in contact sports: a prospective case-control and MRI study.
Article in BMJ open sport & exercise medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02560480 (Groin Injuries in Finnish Contact Sports), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Groin Injuries in Finnish Contact Sports: Prospective 2-year Clinical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The Role of MRI in Groin Pain Syndrome in Athletes.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Developing a simple risk metric for the effect of sport-related concussion and physical pain on mental health.PloS one · 2023Article
- 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
- Reviewing Bone Marrow Edema in Athletes: A Difficult Diagnostic and Clinical Approach.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
- The cleft sign may be an independent factor of magnetic resonance imaging findings associated with a delayed return-to-play time in athletes with groin pain.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2021Article
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesWe aimed to prospectively evaluate the prevalence of long-standing groin pain and related MRI findings in contact sports.
methodsThis case-control study followed three male elite-level soccer, ice-hockey and bandy teams (102 players) for 2 years. All athletes with long-standing groin pain lasting >30 days and age-matched controls (1:3) from the same teams were examined clinically, using pelvic MRI and Hip and Groin Outcome Scores (HAGOS). Primary outcome measures were annual prevalence of groin pain and underlying MRI findings.
resultsThe annual prevalence of chronic groin pain was 7.5%. Training characteristics and pain scores of athletes were similar in all teams. On MRI, there was no significant difference in the percentage of pubic bone marrow oedema (p = 0.80) between symptomatic players (8/15; 53%) versus controls (20/43; 47%), but adductor tendinopathy and degenerative changes at the pubic symphysis were twice more common among players with pain. Rectus muscle or iliopsoas pathology were seldom observed. Lower HAGOS subscales (p < 0.01) were recorded in players who experienced groin pain compared with the controls.
conclusionLong-standing groin pain was observed annually in 1 of 14 athletes in contact sports. Abnormalities in the pubic symphysis were common MRI findings in both symptomatic and asymptomatic players. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT02560480.
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