onglasting adduction-related groin injuries in athletes; regular care or a novel treatment approach

Completed

Conditions: Groin pain
Signs and Symptoms

Registration Number: ISRCTN65462262

Lead Sponsor: niversity Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) (The Netherlands)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Male

Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

Male athletes, 18-45 years old, hip adduction-related complaints, for a period of at least six weeks, strong desire to compete in sports.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pain as a result of high-impact trauma, suspicion of fracture, rupture of labrum of the hip, hip arthrosis or arthritis, femoral or inguinal hernia, radicular symptoms, infection of the urinary tract, bursitis, vessel disease, abnormal anatomy
2. Treated for the same (episode of) complaints previously, treated for low back pain with an exercise program in the previous six months, systemic diseases
3. Psychopathology
4. Physical handicaps that make it impossible for the subject to take part of the study

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Severity of the pain over the last three days (11-point visual analogue scale [VAS])<br>2. Participation in sports (11-point VAS-scale)<br>3. General disability (adapted Quebec low back pain disability scale)<br>4. Global change (six-point Likert scale)<br>5. How long before return to full athletic activity<br>6. Recurrences of the same complaints<br>Parameters 1, 2, 3 are measured before and directly after the period of treatment and 26 and 52 weeks after the start of treatment. <br>Parameters 4, 5 and 6 are only measured at 26 and 52 weeks after treatment.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Hip adduction strength (hand-held dynamometer);<br>2. Contraction pattern of the abdominal musculature (ultrasound echografie);<br>3. Active straight leg raise test (ASLR).