Achilles and patellar tendinopathies affect a broad range of the population and are difficult
conditions to manage clinically. The pathology is persistent in the chronic tendon and can be …

Groin injury is among the most common cited injuries in the sports of ice hockey, soccer,
Australian Rules football, calisthenics and cricket. There are very few prospective studies …

Aim: To examine if cross‐sectional area (CSA) differs along the length of the human patellar
tendon (PT), and if there is PT hypertrophy in response to resistance training. Methods …

Although a restricted hip range of motion has been previously associated with chronic groin
injury the temporal course of this association remains unclear. Accordingly the purpose of …

Purpose. To determine whether hip range of movement (ROM) can predict the occurrence of
adductor strain among male professional soccer players. Methods. 120 subjects were …

Background Little data exist on the results of treatment for sports-related chronic groin injury.
Hypothesis Sports-related chronic groin injury treated with a conservative (rest) program …

Background Chronic groin pain, especially in professional sportsmen, is a difficult clinical
problem. Methods From January 1999 to August 2005, 55 professional and …

Since the first edition of this book, several other authors have performed systematic reviews
on this topic and reached the same conclusions: stretching prior to exercise does not …

Background Strain injury to the adductor longus muscle is a common cause of groin pain in
athletes and generally occurs in the proximal portion of the muscle, near its origin from the …

Hip pain Page 1 Hip pain A focus on the sporting population Peter Braun MBBS, l'ACSE is an
Executive Councillor, the Australasian College of Sports Physicians, Medical Director for the …