September’s 5-minute Groin Injury Assessment Assistant
Weir et al. have now established a consensus to classify groin injuries into the below categories. However please note that there may be other causes for groin pain (neurological, orthopaedic, urological etc).
Assessment of Groin Injuries:
Adductor-Related Groin Pain
- Adductor tenderness on palpation
- Pain on resisted adduction
Iliopsoas-Related Groin Pain
- Iliopsoas tenderness on palpation
- Pain on resisted hip flexion
- Pain on stretching the hip flexors
Inguinal-Related Groin Pain
- Pain and tenderness on
- sneeze or resistance testing of abdominal muscles
Pubic-Related Groin Pain
- Local tenderness on palpation of the pubic symphysis and adjacent bone
Hip-Related Groin Pain
- Hip passive range of motion
- FABER and FADIR tests
Hope this helps! Please feel free to give me a call any time!
Michael Rafla
Physiotherapist
Australian Sports Physiotherapy
Ivanhoe, Heidelberg, Coburg, Northcote, Carlton North
1300651256
0431 271 714
Weir, A., Brukner, P., Delahunt, E., Ekstrand, J., Griffin, D., Khan, K. M., … & Hölmich, P. (2015). Doha agreement meeting on terminology and definitions in groin pain in athletes. British journal of sports medicine, 49(12), 768-774.
