Keywords:
Musculoskeletal soft tissue, MR, eLearning
Authors:
R. Del Vescovo, F. Giurazza, R. L. Cazzato, R. F. Grasso, M. Gemignani, B. Beomonte Zobel; Rome/IT
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2013/C-1955
Purpose
Aim of our study was to evaluate the importance of iliopsoas hypertrophy to aggravate preexisting pubalgia in soccer players.
Groin pain is a frequent pathological condition,
affecting many athletes who practice different sports activities.
Even if it is part of the daily practice in sports medicine,
this pathology still represents a challenge for physicians and physiotherapists,
mainly because of the complicated anatomy of this region.
Many pathologies need to be considered in the differential diagnosis of groin pain because several entities may cause similar clinical signs and symptoms and overlapping findings at physical examination.
Groin pain is a frequent pathological condition,
affecting many athletes who practice different sports activities; acceleration,
rapid changes in direction,
kicking and side-to-side motion,
such as in soccer,
rugby and baseball,
are the type of movements most often associated with this condition.
Between 2% and 8% of all athletic injuries involve the groin and 58% of soccer players have a history of groin injury [1].
Even if it is part of the daily practice in sports medicine,
this pathology still represents a challenge for physicians and physiotherapists,
mainly because of the complicated anatomy of this region [2].
Many pathologies need to be considered in the differential diagnosis of groin pain because several entities may cause similar clinical signs and symptoms and overlapping findings at physical examination (visceral,
infectious,
traumatic,
neoplastic,
developmental,
hip-associated and pubic symphyseal causes) [1].
In soccer players,
symmetric hypertrophic iliopsoas development is present because of training; however this can produce conflicts with surrounding structures and may be responsible for worsening of pubalgia [3].