Groin pain

Last revised by Joachim Feger on 28 Nov 2021

Groin pain is a symptom manifesting in a wide spectrum of clinical disorders and diseases in athletes and non-athletes.

The Doha agreement in 2014 identified and classified groin pain in athletes and defined the following clinical entities 1,2:

  1. adductor-related, pubic-related, inguinal-related and iliopsoas-related groin pain
  2. hip-related groin pain
  3. other causes of groin pain

Differential diagnosis

Causes of groin pain assigned by location include the following 1-4:

Groin

Adductor-related (most common), pubic-related (least common), inguinal-related and iliopsoas-related groin pain in athletes 1,2:

Other causes:

Hip
Spine and nerve entrapments
Pelvis
Abdomen

See also

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