Anatomical and morphological characteristics may explain why groin pain is more common in male than female athletes

Br J Sports Med. 2017 Apr;51(7):554-555. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096945. Epub 2016 Dec 1.

Anthony G Schache¹, Stephanie J Woodley², Ernest Schilders^{3

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5}, John W Orchard⁶, Kay M Crossley⁷

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Anatomy, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
³ The London Hip Arthroscopy Centre, The Wellington Hospital, London, UK.
⁴ Fortius Clinic, London, UK.
⁵ School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
⁶ School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁷ La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Gender; Groin; Hip; Pelvis; Sporting injuries.

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