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Pelvis, Hip and Groin

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Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries

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15.14 Conclusion

Medical imaging has an extremely valuable role in the differentiation between the wide range of potential causes of hip and groin pain in athletes. Without such differentiation effective treatment is difficult to achieve especially where considering overuse injuries which may even be exacerbated by treatment based on diagnostic inaccuracy.

Understanding the anatomy of the anterior pubic soft tissues allows correlation with MR imaging pathoanatomical appearances and therefore a better understanding of the pathomechanism of groin pain in athletes on which to base subsequent treatment.

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Gibbon, W., Schilders, E. (2007). Pelvis, Hip and Groin. In: Vanhoenacker, F.M., Maas, M., Gielen, J.L. (eds) Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68201-1_15

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