The Effect of Compression Shorts on Footballers with Groin Pain

The Effect of Compression Shorts on Pain and Performance in Male Football Players with Groin Pain – A Double Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON29240

Enrollment

Registered

2018-09-18

Start date

2018-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

groin pain, groin injury, adductor injury, adductor related groin pain, inguinal related groin pain, iliopsoas related groin pain, pubic related groin pain. lies pijn, lies blessure, adductoren gerelateerde liespijn, inguinale gerelateerde liespijn, iliopsoas gerelateerde liespijn, os pubis gerelateerde liespijn.

Interventions

All participants commence the testing procedure with completing the Dutch Hip and Groin Outcome Score questionnaire (HAGOS) (Tak et al. 2018) in order to establish a baseline measurement of the levels

the duration of the football session in minutes, the intensity of the football session on the Borg-scale (range 6-20) (Borg 1998), the average pain of the session on the NPRS (0-10), and the comfort o

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Participants are considered eligible for this trial when they are male football players with at least four weeks of groin pain, who have a minimum score of two out of ten on the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) for their groin pain experienced during football, who compete at amateur levels, and who still play matches despite them suffering from groin pain. Their groin pain will classified according the Doha consensus statement on term and definitions on groin pain in athletes and at least one the four clinical entities should be found present (adductor-related groin pain, iliopsoas-related groin pain, inguinal-related groin pain, and/or pubic-related groin pain) (Weir et al. 2015).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Potential participants with a clinical suspicion of hip-related groin pain or other causes of groin pain (Weir et al. 2015) will be excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain and performance. HAGOS-questionnaire scores.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Duration of the football sessions (minutes), Intensity of the football sessions (Borg-scale), and wearing comfort of the shorts.	—

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)