Table 3

Incidence of groin, hip and abdominal injuries in various elite male team sports

Injury category	Cases	Sport	Cohort	Years	Incidence per 1000 player hours	Incidence/100 players/season	% of all injuries	Ref
All hip/groin	AP AO	Ice hockey	NHL	2006–2010	17.1			27
All hip/groin	AP AO	American football	NFL	1997–2006			3.1	28
All hip/groin	MGT AO	Cricket	Aust pro	1998–2009		5.2	7.7	29
All hip/groin	MGT MO	Rugby League	NRL	2008–2012	3.2		6.7	30
Groin strains	AP AO	Ice hockey	NHL	1995–2097		16.0		31
Groin strains	MGT AO	Australian football	AFL	2003–2012	2.7	8.0	8.8	32
Groin strains	MTT AO	Australian football	AFL	1992	2.0		5.7	26
Groin strains	MTT AO	Australian football	AFL	1992–1994	2.5		3.8	33
Groin strains	MTT AO	Australian foot (junior)	VSFL	1992–1994	5.2		6.5	33
Groin/abdominal strains	AP AO	Ice hockey	NHL	1998–1999		23.5		34
Groin injuries	MTT AO	Gaelic football	GA	2007–2010	5.8		9.4	35
Groin injuries	MGT AO	Rugby League	NRL	2 years	2.4			36
Groin injuries	MGT MO	Rugby League (junior)	NYC	2011–2012	2.4		3.3	30
Groin injuries	MTT AO	Rugby League	NSWRL	1992	1.3		2.6	26
Groin injuries	MTT AO	Rugby union	Sydney grade	1992	0.3		1.0	26
Groin injuries	MGT AO	Baseball	MLB	2002–2008	0.1	2.1	3.8	37
Adductor strains	MTT MO	Rugby union	RFU	2002–2004	2.5	4.9	2.7	38
Adductor strains	MTT TO	Rugby union	RFU	2002–2004	0.1	2.4	4.0	39
Adductor strains	AP AO	Basketball	NBA	1988–2005	0.6	6.4	3.1	40
Inguinal canal	MTT MO	Rugby union	RFU	2002–2004	0.1	0.3	0.1	38
Intra-articular hip	AP AO	Ice hockey	NHL	2006–2010	1.8			27
Intra-articular hip	AP AO	American football	NFL	1997–2006			0.2	28
Hip joint injuries	MGT AO	Australian football	AFL	2004–2013	0.6	1.8	1.9	41

AO, all injuries of any onset; AP, all presentations to medical staff; MGT, injuries causing missed game time; MO, match onset injuries only; MTT, injuries causing missed training or game time; TO, training onset injuries only.