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Physical Examination and Imaging of the Painful Athletic Hip

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Hip and groin pain is a frequent complaint among competitive athletes. Effect of groin pain on athletic performance ranges from intermittent discomfort to severe and chronic career-threatening pain. Since it may be detected in wide variety of sport branches, physicians should be aware of numerous mechanisms of injuries. Management of groin pain remains challenging for clinicians because of its complex nature and broad range of underlying etiology. Therefore, excluding irrelevant causes of groin pain require meticulous effort for each individual. High recurrence rate and negative impact on athletic activity level of the groin pain should always be kept in mind and treatment algorithm must be started immediately to avoid undesired outcomes.

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Cırdı, Y.U., Ergün, S., Karahan, M. (2019). Physical Examination and Imaging of the Painful Athletic Hip. In: Safran, M., Karahan, M. (eds) Hip and Groin Pain in the Athlete . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58699-0_1

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