Year: 2008
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Although participation in sports is considered important by the Dutch government,\nit does increase the risk for musculoskeletal injury. Every year, about\n3,500,000 sports injuries occur in the Netherlands (Schmikli et al., 2004).\nIn this thesis, emphasis is placed on sports-related groin injuries.\nThe incidence of groin injuries is estimated at 5% to 18% of all reported athletic\ninjuries (Morelli & Smith, 2001). However, these data should be interpreted with\ncaution as no universal standards are currently available for the definition or\nclassification of groin injury. In contrast with the knee, the groin does not refer\nto a well-defined specific anatomic structure. It merely refers to a vaguely described\nanatomical area of the proximal upper leg, reproductive organs and the\nlower abdominal region. In the Dutch injury registration system (IPAN) (Schmikli\net al., 2004; 2009), the groin region is mentioned as part of the upper-leg/hip\nregion and, therefore, there are no accurate estimations of the different kinds\nof groin injuries among the Dutch population.\nGroin injuries are relatively common in the type of sports requiring lots of turning,\naccelerations and decelerations such as soccer, field hockey and tennis, as\nwell as in sports with high-intensity hip abduction such as speed skating and\nice hockey. In the Netherlands, with 930,000 active soccer athletes and 431,000\ninjuries each year, indoor and outdoor soccer make a large contribution to the\ntotal number of groin injuries. It is know that males are more likely to have a\ngroin injury than females (Hägglund et al., 2009), and that 10% to 18% of all\ninjuries in male soccer are attributed to groin injuries (Nielsen and Yde, 1989).\nIn Dutch professional soccer, about 9% of all injuries are groin injuries (Stege\net al., 2008). A groin injury is likely to result in long-term play loss (Renstrom\n& Peterson, 1980). In addition, previous groin injury is known to significantly\nincrease the risk for recurrences (Maffey & Emery, 2007).
Author: Jaap Jansen
Language: English
Subfield: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2151874734