Inguinomalacia: Alternative Nomenclature to the Sports Hernia

Abstract

The groin pain syndrome affects athletes with high incidence and, mainly due to the anatomical complexity of the pelvic region and the difficult management of its pathologies, it is the subject of great debate in the scientific community. One of these disagreements is in relation to the nomenclature employed in sports hernia, as it does not translate the reality as to its pathophysiological findings. In fact, there is no hernial sac in this condition, but a weakness of the posterior wall of the inguinal canal and, with it, the protrusion of the omentum (pre-peritoneal) fat. In this article, it is proposed to create and use the term ʻʻinguinomalaciaʼʼ as a replacement for sports hernia.

Treinamento Resistido É Um Fator De Proteção Para Lesões Musculoesqueléticas No Crossfit?

“…15 Movimentos comuns no esporte, como saltos, aterrissagens e agachamentos, se realizados de forma repetitiva, podem desencadear o surgimento de vetores lesivos para as articulações dos membros inferiores. 16 Nesse cenário, lesões como inguinomalácia, 17 lesões musculares, 11,13 tendinopatias, 11,13 entre outras, aparecem com índices preocupantes Tabela 1. Caracterização da amostra do estudo, dividida de acordo com a ocorrência de lesões musculoesqueléticas e analisada quanto a variáveis quantitativas e qualitativas.…”

Is Resistance Training a Protective Factor for Musculoskeletal Injuries in Crossfit Practitioners?

“…15 Common movements in the sport, such as jumps, landings, and squats, if repetitively performed, can trigger the appearance of injurious vectors for the joints of the lower limbs. 16 Within this scenario, injuries such as inguinomalacia, 17 muscular injuries, 11,13 tendinopathies, 11,13 among others, appear with worrying rates among the practitioners of the sport. That is why the hypothesis of this study was that RT, by providing a more effective musculoskeletal base to support the overload of the sport and by ensuring conditions to balance agonist and antagonist musculatures, 18 is related to a lower prevalence of injuries.…”