Hip/groin injury diagnoses and number of injuries during the 2001/2 to 2007/8 seasons
| Injuries n (%) | Incidence* | Re-injuries n (%) | Severity | Absence days† | ||||
| Minimal | Mild | Moderate | Severe | |||||
| Adductor injury | 399 (64) | 0.70 | 59 (15) | 68 | 115 | 175 | 41 | 14 (20) |
| Hip flexor/iliopsoas injury | 52 (8) | 0.09 | 2 (4) | 11 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 11 (10) |
| Rectus abdominis tendinopathy | 14 (2) | 0.02 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 (15) |
| Groin enthesiopathy | 8 (1) | 0.01 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 27 (25) |
| Groin tendinopathy | 7 (1) | 0.01 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 (3) |
| Symphysitis/pelvic stress fracture | 11 (2) | 0.02 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 40 (34) |
| Hip joint injury | ||||||||
| Synovitis | 20 (4) | 0.04 | 8 (40) | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 (6) |
| Chondral lesion | 5 (0.8) | 0.009 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 46 (53) |
| Labral tear | 2 (0.3) | 0.004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 56 (61) |
| FAI‡ | 2 (0.3) | 0.004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 64 (60) |
| Sprain | 4 (0.6) | 0.007 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 (9) |
| Fracture (acetabulum) | 1 (0.2) | 0.002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 99 |
| Hernia/sportsman’s hernia | 22 (4) | 0.04 | 4 (18) | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 30 (17) |
| Nerve entrapment | 3 (0.5) | 0.005 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 (27) |
| Unspecified groin pain | 28 (5) | 0.05 | 5 (18) | 6 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 14 (18) |
| Other conditions§ | 50 (8) | 0.09 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 9 (7) |
| Total | 628 | 1.1 | 94 | 120 | 173 | 261 | 74 | 15 (20) |
*Incidence expressed as injuries/1000 hours’ exposure.
†Mean (SD).
‡Femoroacetabular impingement.
§Including gluteal/hip muscle pain/strain, haematoma/contusion hip region, trochanteric bursitis.