title: Intrarater reliability of the adductor squeeze test in gaelic games athletes.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Groin pain is commonly experienced by athletes involved in field-based sports and is particularly prevalent in Gaelic Games athletes. The adductor squeeze test is commonly used in the assessment of groin pain and injuries. To date, no evidence in the literature provides the reliability of the adductor squeeze test using a sphygmomanometer in assessing the adductor muscle integrity of Gaelic Games athletes. Given the high proportion of groin pain encountered in Gaelic Games athletes, establishing the reliability of the adductor squeeze test will allow clinicians to monitor injury responses and to assess return-to-play criteria.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the intrarater reliability of a commercially available sphygmomanometer for measuring adductor squeeze values in Gaelic Games athletes and to determine if different squeeze values are associated with the 3 commonly used test positions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive laboratory study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University clinical skills laboratory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighteen male Gaelic Games athletes without any previous or current history of groin or pelvic pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Each participant performed the adductor squeeze test in 3 positions of hip joint flexion (0°, 45°, and 90°) on 2 test days separated by at least 1 week.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adductor squeeze test values (mm Hg) quantified by a commercially available sphygmomanometer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Intrarater reliability intraclass correlation values ranged from 0.89 to 0.92 (intraclass correlation coefficients were 0°, 0.89; 45°, 0.92; and 90°, 0.90). The highest squeeze values were recorded in the 45° of hip flexion test position, and these values differed from those demonstrated in the 0° and 90° hip flexion test positions (P < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A commercially available sphygmomanometer is a reliable device for measuring adductor squeeze test values.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland. eamonn.delahunt@ucd.ie
authors.forename: Eamonn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delahunt
authors.forename: Barry L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: McEntee
authors.forename: Colm
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kennelly
authors.forename: Brian S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Garrett F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Coughlan
mesh_terms: D056352:Athletes; D006119:Groin / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010808:Physical Examination; D019722:Sphygmomanometers; D055815:Young Adult