Outcomes of the high-quality studies per diagnosis
| Adductor-related groin pain | |||||||||||||
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| Reference | Study type | N | Mean age (year) | Type of sports | Diagnosis | Duration of symptoms (months) | Intervention treatment group | Intervention control group (s) | Follow-up (months) | Treatment success (%) | Athletes RTP (%) | Time to RTP (weeks) | D&B quality score (points) |
| Weir et al66 | RCT | 48 | 28.1 | Football | Long-standing adductor-related groin pain | 8 | Multimodal treatment and manual therapy (MM) | Exercise therapy (ET) | 4–6 | MM: 50%† ET: 50% | MM: 55% ¥ ET: 55% | MM: 12.8* ET: 17.3 | 24 |
| Holmich et al6 | RCT | 68 | 30 | Football | Long-standing adductor-related groin pain | 9.9 | Exercise therapy (ET) | Standard passive physical therapy (PT) | 6–7 | ET: 74%* PT: 30% | ET: 79%* PT: 14% | ET: 18.5 PT: NL | 23 |
| Schilders et al81 | PCS | 43 | 26.4 | Football | Long-standing adductor-related groin pain | 9.4 | Surgical adductor tenotomy | NA | 40.2 | 81% | 98% | 9.2 | 19 |
| Paajanen et al69 | RCT | 60 | 31 | Football | Long-standing Sportsman's hernia with/without adductor tendinitis | 12.5 | Surgical laparoscopic hernia repair with or without an adductor tenotomy (LR) | Exercise therapy (ET) | 12 | LR: 97%* ET: 50% | LR: 97%* ET: 50% | NL | 21 |
*Significant improvement in favour of treatment group.
†No significant difference in outcome between treatment group and control group.
D&B, Downs and Black; N, number; NA, not applicable; NL, not listed; PCS, prospective case series; RCT, randomised controlled trial; RTP, return to play.