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Methods: Male (n= 39) and female (n= 10) elite youth basketball athletes were recruited during the 2018 U20s Australian Basketball Championships and completed the Copenhagen Hip and Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS) questionnaire. Within the two days prior to competition, a subset of male (n= 27) and female (n= 9) athletes had their isometric adductor strength measured using a handheld dynamometer as well as their numerical pain rating score during testing. Twenty male athletes also had their isometric abduction and adduction strength tested using a GroinBar (Vald Performance, Australia) to calculate their hip adduction/abduction ratio. Participants were divided into cases (historical or current self-reported hip and/or groin pain/discomfort) or controls (no history of hip and/or groin pain). To assess whether a difference between cases and controls was observed, a mixed-effect logistic regression was built …