Abstract
Objective: To investigate whether self-reported pain during hip strength testing correlates to a large degree with hip muscle strength in soccer players with long-standing unilateral hip and groin pain.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Setting: Clinical assessments at Sports Orthopaedic Research Center-Copenhagen (SORC-C), Arthroscopic Centre Amager, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark.
Participants: Twenty-four male soccer players with unilateral long-standing hip and groin pain.
Interventions: The soccer players performed 5 reliable hip muscle strength tests (isometric hip flexion, adduction, abduction, isometric hip flexion–modified Thomas test, and eccentric hip adduction).
Main Outcome Measures: Muscle strength was measured with a hand-held dynamometer, and the players rated the pain during testing on a numerical rating scale (0-10).
Results: In 4 tests (isometric hip adduction, abduction, flexion, and eccentric adduction), no significant correlations were found between pain during testing and hip muscle strength (Spearman rho = -0.28 to 0.06, P = 0.09-0.39). Isometric hip flexion (modified Thomas test position) showed a moderate negative correlation between pain and hip muscle strength (Spearman rho = -0.44, P = 0.016).
Conclusions: Self-reported pain during testing does not seem to correlate with the majority of hip muscle strength tests used in soccer players with long-standing hip and groin pain.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Setting: Clinical assessments at Sports Orthopaedic Research Center-Copenhagen (SORC-C), Arthroscopic Centre Amager, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark.
Participants: Twenty-four male soccer players with unilateral long-standing hip and groin pain.
Interventions: The soccer players performed 5 reliable hip muscle strength tests (isometric hip flexion, adduction, abduction, isometric hip flexion–modified Thomas test, and eccentric hip adduction).
Main Outcome Measures: Muscle strength was measured with a hand-held dynamometer, and the players rated the pain during testing on a numerical rating scale (0-10).
Results: In 4 tests (isometric hip adduction, abduction, flexion, and eccentric adduction), no significant correlations were found between pain during testing and hip muscle strength (Spearman rho = -0.28 to 0.06, P = 0.09-0.39). Isometric hip flexion (modified Thomas test position) showed a moderate negative correlation between pain and hip muscle strength (Spearman rho = -0.44, P = 0.016).
Conclusions: Self-reported pain during testing does not seem to correlate with the majority of hip muscle strength tests used in soccer players with long-standing hip and groin pain.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine |
| Vol/bind | 26 |
| Udgave nummer | 3 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 210-205 |
| Antal sider | 6 |
| ISSN | 1050-642X |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 1 maj 2016 |