I agree with Dr Leon Creaney that this article is inaccurately titled. The title should be 'Inguinal disruption as a cause of groin pain in athletes' . This condition is addressed almost exclusively and other common causes are just given as a differential diagnosis. The commonest diagnosis I see is acute adductor injury in footballers but recently I have also seen a varicocoele and a stress fracture of the pubic ramus present initially as 'groin pain'
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02 April 2020
Harpreet Singh Arshi
GP. Medical Officer, University of Exeter. Assistant Doctor, Exeter City Football Club
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Re: Groin pain in athletes
Dear Editor
I agree with Dr Leon Creaney that this article is inaccurately titled. The title should be 'Inguinal disruption as a cause of groin pain in athletes' . This condition is addressed almost exclusively and other common causes are just given as a differential diagnosis. The commonest diagnosis I see is acute adductor injury in footballers but recently I have also seen a varicocoele and a stress fracture of the pubic ramus present initially as 'groin pain'
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