Athletic pubalgia, also called sports hernia, core injury, hockey hernia, hockey groin, gilmores. Feb 08, 2016 this feature is not available right now. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical and. Groin pain in athletes is common, and 1 source of groin pain is athletic pubalgia, or a sports hernia. Epidemiological profile of patients diagnosed with athletic pubalgia. Athletic pubalgia sports hernia sports medicine today. Groin pain is a pathology which appears in sports, mainly in those whom in his practice require the accomplishment of repeated gestures such as running, changes of direction and rhythm, and ball hitting are included.
A rt i c u l o e s p e c i a l 181 a p u n t s m e d e s p o r t. Description of this condition and its management is scarce in. They all suffered groin pain on one side and some on both. Complete tearing or displacement can occur unilaterally or across the midline to the other side. Athletes with pubalgia have an imbalance of the adductor and abdominal muscles at the pubis, that leads to an increase of the weakness of the posterior wall of the groin. The patients ages ranged from 12 to 40 years with an average of 25. Athletic pubalgia was diagnosed on physical examination by a sports physician and a surgeon and confirmed by at least one imaging technique. Interestingly, athletic pubalgia 36% and intraarticular hip pathology 64% is quite common on mri in asymptomatic collegiate and professional hockey players. Proposed algorithm for the management of athletes with athletic. Pubalgia, groin pain, osteitis pubis, differential diagnosis. Pubalgia sintomas, causas, tratamiento y prevencion. Between 1986 and june 1999, we examined 960 athletes who had been diagnosed as having groin pain. A search for articles in portuguese demonstrated the scarcity of publications on the subject in brazil. Athletic pubalgia is defined as pain in the groin area of an athlete.
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