XXXX at higher risk of groin injuries in elite team sports: a systematic review.

@entity1 @entity4822 @entity130
BACKGROUND: Groin injuries are common in sports, particularly multidirectional team sports, but incidence rates across sports other than football (soccer) have been poorly documented. METHODS: A systematic review (initially using PubMed and SportDiscus databases) was performed to record incidence of groin and groin region injuries in sports. Inclusion criteria included presentation of @entity130 incidence data for at least 10 team/squad seasons. RESULTS: Data from 31 studies were included. These used varying @entity130 and also considered varying injury categories from general to specific (all groin/hip region injuries, groin injuries, adductor muscle strains, intra-articular @entity4822 ). When playing the same sport, @entity1 had greater injury incidence of @entity130 than @entity1 (relative risk, RR 2.45, 95% CI 2.06 to 2.92). Sports with high incidences of @entity130 included ice hockey and the football codes. There is variation by player position for rate of @entity130 in many sports. @entity4822 have become more commonly diagnosed over the past decade in Australian football (p=0.001) and other sports. CONCLUSIONS: There is moderate evidence that @entity1 have a higher risk of @entity130 than @entity1 when playing the same sport. There is some evidence that @entity4822 are being increasingly diagnosed in the subset of 'groin injuries' in recent years. It is recommended that injury epidemiology consensus statements aim to include a number of relevant sports to improve injury incidence comparisons among different sports.
