Abdominal muscle recruitment in athletes with longstanding groin pain. Measurements by ultrasound echography

Completed

• Conditions: adductor tendinits; groin pain; 10028302

• Registration Number: NL-OMON31199
• Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 13 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Healthy controls are included if they participate in sports, aged between 18-55, have not suffered athletes back or groin injury during the previous year
Patients are recruited if they are aged between 18-55 years; restricted in sports participation during a period of at least 4 weeks as a result of groin injury; pain at maximum isometric hip adduction.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients are excluded if the pain started after a high-impact collision or foul; symptoms are the result of fracture of the pelvis or hip, osteoarthritis of the hip, rupture of the labrum of the hip, inguinal or femoral hernia, radicular syndrome, nerve entrapment, bursitis, malignant diseases, vascular pathologies, prostatitis, urinary tract pathology; anatomical abnormalities; other injuries preventing the patient to participate in the study; obvious psycho-pathology or unable to fill in forms; systemic diseases. Women are also excluded if they have a history of pregnancy.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Performance on AActive Straight Leg Raise (ASLR) test<br /><br>Ultrasound measurements of abdominal muscle activity<br /><br>ASLR strength<br /><br>isometric hip adduction strength</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>not applicable</p><br>