METHODS
Subjects
Ten participants with long-standing groin pain (defined as
groin pain present for greater than 6 wk) and 12 asymptomatic
participants were recruited for the study. Participants
were elite or subelite Australian football players (see Table
1 for definition), and were recruited from health professionals,
advertisements, and media in Victoria, Australia.
The inclusion/exclusion criteria for the long-standing
groin pain group and the control subjects are detailed in
Table 1. These criteria were based on criteria used in a
recent randomized controlled trial (12)
The mean (SD) age, height, weight, and number of games
played of the long-standing groin pain subjects were 26 (7)
yr, 180.7 (5.7) cm, 78.1 (8.4) kg, and 90 (74) games