Funding
The project is funded by Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
Team
Hans Tol,
Adam Weir,
Andreas Serner,
Zarko Vuckovic
Project Partners
Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar
Background
Diagnosing longstanding groin pain in athletes is challenging. Within the groin region, numerous anatomical structures are located in close proximity, and no gold standard exists for diagnosis. Complexity is added by numerous diagnostic terms being used to describe similar conditions. The 2015 Doha agreement meeting addressed this terminology problem by proposing a clinical classification system based on history and clinical examination findings. It is unknown if clinicians have adopted the classification system in clinical practice, and scientific support for specific clinical examination tests is limited.
Objectives
We aim to evaluate if the Doha agreement meeting classification system has been adopted by clinicians who regularly assess and treat athletes with groin pain. Secondly, we want to evaluate the inter-examiner reliability of the classification system and specific clinical examination tests that are used to classify athletes with groin pain.