AUTHOR=Strosberg David S. , Ellis Thomas J. , Renton David B. 

TITLE=The Role of Femoroacetabular Impingement in Core Muscle Injury/Athletic Pubalgia: Diagnosis and Management

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery

VOLUME=3

YEAR=2016

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2016.00006

DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2016.00006

ISSN=2296-875X

ABSTRACT=<p>Chronic groin pain in athletes represents a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in sports medicine. Two recognized causes of inguinal pain in the young adult athlete are core muscle injury/athletic pubalgia (CMI/AP) and femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). CMI/AP and FAI were previously considered to be two distinct entities; however, recent studies have suggested both entities to frequently coincide in the athlete with groin pain. This article briefly discusses the role of FAI in CMI/AP and the diagnosis and management of this complex disease.</p>