A 32-year-old man who worked as a National Hockey League offenseman described a noncontact injury to the left groin at the end of a long practice session. Although fatigued, he had had no warning ...

Eligibility criteria Studies included had to (1) measure hip adductor or abductor strength in healthy athletes, (2) conduct a follow-up period to assess the occurrence of groin pain, (3) present ...

one adductor brevis and one psoas injury). Therefore, 17 football players with acute adductor longus injuries were included (mean (SD); player age: 27.5 years (3.2), range 21–32 years; height: 178 cm ...

Acute muscle strain occurs as a result of an eccentric contraction that exceeds the biomechanical strength of the musculotendinous junction of a single muscle within a synergistic group.