Trial reportScientific reports2021
Muscle activity of cutting manoeuvres and soccer inside passing suggests an increased groin injury risk during these movements.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- A Position-Specific, Time-Efficient Warm-Up Injury Prevention Program in Male Football Players: A Season-Long Intervention Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Subsequent Injury Risk After Return-to-Play From Lower-Extremity Muscle Injuries in Professional Male Football (Soccer).Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Match-Related Acute and Residual Changes of Hip-Adduction Strength in Youth Soccer Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2026Article
- The acute effect of training on hip adduction strength within a football microcycle.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Adductor-Related Athletic Groin Pain: A Clinical Commentary.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2026Article
- Acute effect of core stability exercises on static and dynamic postural balance in soccer players with groin pain.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Hip Muscle Strength Ratios Predicting Groin Injury in Male Soccer Players Using Machine Learning and Multivariate Analysis-A Prospective Cohort Study.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Implementing the Copenhagen Adductor Exercise and Nordic Hamstring Exercise in West African Academy Soccer Players: An Intervention Study.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
- Current Clinical Concepts: Exercise and Load Management of Adductor Strains, Adductor Ruptures, and Long-Standing Adductor-Related Groin Pain.Journal of athletic training · 2023Review
- Quantifying the shear modulus of the adductor longus muscle during hip joint motion using shear wave elastography.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Torsional deformities and overuse injuries: what does the literature tell us.EFORT open reviews · 2022Review
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Abstract
Cutting manoeuvres and inside passing are thought to increase the risk of sustaining groin injuries. But both movements have received little research attention in this regard. The purpose of this study was to investigate the muscle activity of adductor longus and gracilis as well as hip and knee joint kinematics during [Formula: see text]-cutting and inside passing. Thirteen male soccer players were investigated with 3D-motion capturing and surface electromyography of adductor longus and gracilis while performing the two movements. Hip and knee joint kinematics were calculated with AnyBody Modelling System. Muscle activity of both muscles was significantly higher during the cutting manoeuvre compared to inside passing. Kinematics showed that the highest activity occurred during phases of fast muscle lengthening and eccentric contraction of the adductors which is known to increase the groin injury risk. Of both movements, cutting showed the higher activity and is therefore more likely to cause groin injuries. However, passing might also increase the risk for groin injuries as it is one of the most performed actions in soccer, and therefore most likely causes groin injuries through overuse. Practitioners need to be aware of these risks and should prepare players accordingly through strength and flexibility training.
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