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Acute Adductor Muscle Injury

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The main sign of the adductor muscle injury is intense pain in the groin area. The diagnosis of adductor syndromes is sometimes difficult to determine, as numerous patients may experience symptoms similar to those of adductor muscle injury.

In this chapter, we give a detailed overview of thigh adductor muscle-tendon complex injuries (adductor syndrome), which are typically acute in character. The main signs, imaging techniques, and differential diagnosis of groin pain in athletes have been described. The role of surgery and recommended procedures for specific pathological conditions have been presented.

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  1. Surgery and Orthopedic Ward, Rehasport Clinic, ul. Górecka 30, 60-201, Poznań, Poland

    Tomasz Piontek MD, PhD & Kinga Ciemniewska-Gorzela MD, PhD

  2. Department of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Medical Sciences, ul. 28 Czerwca 1956 135/147, Poznań, 61-545, Poland

    Tomasz Piontek MD, PhD & Andrzej Szulc MD, PhD, Prof

  3. Rehasport Clinic, ul. Górecka 30, 60-201, Poznań, Poland

    Marcin Dzianach MD, PhD

  4. Department of General and Interventional Radiology, University of Medical Sciences, Dluga 1/2, 61-848, Poznań, Poland

    Marcin Dzianach MD, PhD

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  1. Orthopaedic Research Center Amsterdam, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gino M.M.J. Kerkhoffs

  2. Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hopital de la Croix-Rousse Centre Albert-Trillat, Lyon, France

    Elvire Servien

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Piontek, T., Ciemniewska-Gorzela, K., Dzianach, M., Szulc, A. (2014). Acute Adductor Muscle Injury. In: Kerkhoffs, G., Servien, E. (eds) Acute Muscle Injuries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03722-6_4

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