title: Groin pain syndrome: an association of different pathologies and a case presentation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  groin pain affects all types of athletes, especially soccer players. Many diseases with different etiologies may cause groin pain.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  offer a mini review of groin pain in soccer accompanied by the presentation of a case report highlighting the possible association of more clinical frameworks into the onset of groin pain syndrome, in order to recommend that clinical evaluations take into account possible associations between bone, muscle and tendon such as inguinal canal disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the multifactorial etiology of groin pain syndrome needs to be examined with a comprehensive approach, with standardized clinical evaluation based on an imaging protocol in order to evaluate all possible diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mini review- Case report (Level V).
authors.affiliation: Kinemove Rehabilitation Center Pontremoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Gian Nicola
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Bisciotti
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Diagnostica Ospedaliera, Radiodagnostica, ASL1 Massa-Carrara, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Auci
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Unit, Ospedale di Pontremoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Marzo
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, Postgraduate School in Occupational Medicine, University of Genoa San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.affiliation: Department of Knee Orthopedic and Sports Traumatology Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pulici
authors.affiliation: Department of Knee Orthopedic and Sports Traumatology Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carimati
authors.affiliation: Department of Knee Orthopedic and Sports Traumatology Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quaglia
authors.affiliation: Department of Knee Orthopedic and Sports Traumatology Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy.
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Volpi
keywords: adductor tendinopathy; groin pain syndrome; osteitis pubis; sport hernia