Anatomic basis for evaluation of abdominal and groin pain in athletes

Understanding “Sports Hernia” (Athletic Pubalgia): The Anatomic and Pathophysiologic Basis for Abdominal and Groin Pain in Athletes

“…We must be extremely careful in interpreting these results. There is a misleading tendency to lump all the injuries into one category when the patients clearly have multiple different problems [2,3,14,15]. Follow-up parameters in such series must be carefully defined, measured, and sufficiently detailed to permit critical interpretation.…”

“…There were multiple types of injuries that required tailoring of the operations to those specific injuries [1,2]. Also, we initially had excluded patients who had similar problems but also carried the bone scan or MRI diagnosis "osteitis pubis."…”

“…While some of Gilmore's observations were different than ours, we believed that Gilmore was more or less independently confirming many of our concepts and surgical results. and a long list of operations that are similar to our own [2].…”

“…Also during the 1990's, we came to recognize that a variety of tightening and loosening operations [2] have major applicability in the care of these patients. As mentioned, the set of injuries involve multiple different areas in the abdomen and pelvis.…”

Anatomy of sartorius muscle

“…It happens thanks to constrictive effect which both muscles, right and left, have on pubic symphysis [13].…”