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Joint Specific Return to Play Recommendations: “Return to Play in Non-operative Hip/Groin Pain”

Abstract

Groin pain represents a frequent cause of disability among footballers. Groin pain in footballers is most commonly due to overuse injury as opposed to traumatic injury. Athletic groin pain presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the sports medicine physician. The complex anatomy of the hip and groin region gives rise to an extensive list of possible pathologies that all may present very similarly. Adductor pathology represents the most common cause of groin pain in footballers, but other pathologies such as abdominal, intra-articular, inguinal, and iliopsoas-related pathologies may also cause groin pain in footballers. Although the majority of groin pain pathologies can be treated with an initial trial of conservative management, the evidence for non-operative management currently available is limited. Athletes who fail conservative treatment options may ultimately require operative management. This chapter discusses return to play in footballers following non-operative management of hip and groin pain.

Authors

Horner NS; Ekhtiari S; Chan AA; Choudur HN; Ayeni OR

Book title

Return to Play in Football

Pagination

pp. 331-346

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

January 1, 2018

DOI

10.1007/978-3-662-55713-6_27
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