TY - JOUR
T1 - Australian football players experiencing groin pain exhibit reduced subscale scores of Activities of Daily Living and Sport and Recreation on the HAGOS questionnaire
T2 - A case-control study
AU - Drew, Michael K.
AU - Lovell, Gregory
AU - Palsson, Thorvaldur S.
AU - Chiarelli, Pauline E.
AU - Osmotherly, Peter G.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors of this article would like acknowledge and thank the staff at the Australian football clubs for their assistance throughout the study and the athletes who participated. The lead author (MD) received financial support by the University of Newcastle and the Australian Institute of Sport for this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017
PY - 2017/7
Y1 - 2017/7
N2 - Objectives To report normative responses to the HAGOS questionnaire for Australian football players and to determine whether any of the HAGOS questionnaire sub scales can differentiate players with and without groin pain. Design Case-control. Setting Clinical setting. Participants Professional (n = 66) and semi-professional (n = 9) Australian football (AF) players with current groin pain (n = 16) and controls (n = 57) without current groin pain. Main outcome measure The HAGOS subscales were compared between players with and without groin pain using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test with effect sizes (ES) calculated. Floor and ceiling effects were examined. A post-hoc factor analysis was undertaken. Results Participants with current groin pain showed lower Physical Function of Daily Living (PFDL) and Physical Function in Sport and Recreation (PFSR) subscale scores (p < 0.05, ES: 0.77 and 0.90 respectively). Any groin pain (current and/or historical) lowered the Pain and Quality of Life (QOL) subscale scores (p < 0.05, ES: 0.38 and 0.72 respectively). Factor analysis showed 8 significant factors with one main factor identified representing items describing forceful activities (Eigenvalue = 18.02, Proportion = 0.49). Conclusions The HAGOS can distinguish AF players with current groin pain in the PFDL and PFSR subscales but not in the other four subscales. Any current or historical groin pain lowers scores on the QOL and Pain sub scales. Level of evidence Aetiology, Individual Case-Control Study, Level 3b
AB - Objectives To report normative responses to the HAGOS questionnaire for Australian football players and to determine whether any of the HAGOS questionnaire sub scales can differentiate players with and without groin pain. Design Case-control. Setting Clinical setting. Participants Professional (n = 66) and semi-professional (n = 9) Australian football (AF) players with current groin pain (n = 16) and controls (n = 57) without current groin pain. Main outcome measure The HAGOS subscales were compared between players with and without groin pain using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test with effect sizes (ES) calculated. Floor and ceiling effects were examined. A post-hoc factor analysis was undertaken. Results Participants with current groin pain showed lower Physical Function of Daily Living (PFDL) and Physical Function in Sport and Recreation (PFSR) subscale scores (p < 0.05, ES: 0.77 and 0.90 respectively). Any groin pain (current and/or historical) lowered the Pain and Quality of Life (QOL) subscale scores (p < 0.05, ES: 0.38 and 0.72 respectively). Factor analysis showed 8 significant factors with one main factor identified representing items describing forceful activities (Eigenvalue = 18.02, Proportion = 0.49). Conclusions The HAGOS can distinguish AF players with current groin pain in the PFDL and PFSR subscales but not in the other four subscales. Any current or historical groin pain lowers scores on the QOL and Pain sub scales. Level of evidence Aetiology, Individual Case-Control Study, Level 3b
KW - Athlete
KW - Groin
KW - Hip
KW - Patient-reported outcome
KW - Sports injury
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ptsp.2017.04.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ptsp.2017.04.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 28549243
AN - SCOPUS:85019560937
SN - 1466-853X
VL - 26
SP - 7
EP - 12
JO - Physical Therapy in Sport
JF - Physical Therapy in Sport
ER -