title: Groin injuries and groin pain in athletes: part 2.
abstract: Sports injuries to the hip and groin region have been noted in 5% to 9% of high school athletes. These injuries occur most commonly in athletes participating in sports involving side-to-side cutting, quick accelerations and decelerations, and sudden directional changes.Symptoms may range from intermittent episodes of mild discomfort to severe and chronic career-ending pain. Groin injuries may result from a variety of causes. Although this article deals mainly with athletic etiologies, the physician must keep in mind that many other medical conditions may also affect the groin. Because of these overlapping medical conditions and because the anatomy of the region is so complex, a team approach is optimal. In the second of this two-part series, disorders of the os pubis, stress fractures and various hip pathologies are reviewed as causes of groin pain.
authors.affiliation: Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 200 West Esplanade Avenue, Suite 412, Kenner, LA 70065, USA. morellivincent@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Morelli
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Espinoza
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006119:Groin / Q000293:injuries*; D025981:Hip Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination; D011320:Primary Health Care