Hip and Groin Flashcards
Football
Prevalence 12-16%
Account for 11-16% of all FB injuries
hockey
20 GI/100 players/year
Increasing rate of 1.32/100 players/year
3rd most common injury
8% of all injuries
Australian football
GI incidence failed to decrease since 2002
Prevalence 2nd highest after H/S
Highest recurrence rate
Rugby
3.29/1000 player hours (training)
0.1/1000 player hours (match)
101/25 absence days (training/match)
Ranked 4th most severe injuries
23% risk of sustaining GI in RB
history
Gilmore’s groin
Hockey’s groin
Sportsman’s hernia
Adductor-related groin pain
Hip joint anatomy
V stable and robust
Subject to high loads through many movements
Joint supported by v powerful muscles
Functionally, muscles act like slings- abdominal muscles connected to adductor muscles
Contributor factors- Load
Complex loading through pelvis/groin region
Sudden dynamic changes of load in sports specific movements
Lack of functional training for changing load
Contributing factors- other
Age
Lack of adequate training- less training hours in pre-season is a RF
Other injuries
Lack of proper conditioning
Hamstring + adductor muscles injuries seem to be well correlated
Hip anatomy recab
Multiple muscle attachments
Potentially natural deficits in abdo wall e.g. hernias
Hip biomechanics
Important biomechanical associations
Spine, pelvis, hip etc all meet at pubic symphysis
Central –> lateral loading distribution
Muscle (im)balance
Groin triangle- Superiorly
Pubic Symphysis
Abdo Wall
Hernias
Groin triangle- Medial
Adductor muscles
Groin triangle- Within
Iliopsoas
Rectus Femoris
Nerves
Groin triangle- Lateral
Femoral acetabular joint
Tensor fascia lata
Hip joint
Pubic tubercle- adductor tendon enthesopathy
Insidious onset, warms up with onset
Guarding on passive abduction, weakness
Pubic clock 6-8
Pubic tubercle- rectus abdominis enthesopathy
Well localised to insertion, acute or insidious onset
Pain from resisted sit up
Pubic clock 12
Pubic tubercle- pubic bone stress injury
Non-specific diminished athletic performance, loss of propulsive power
Bone tenderness predominates
Diagnosis of exclusion
Medial to triangle- Adductor/gracilis enthesopathy
Insidious onset Diminished performance Warms up Proximal adductor pain, at enthesis Guarding, weakness