TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - Return to play after sports hernia surgery JO - Clinics in sports medicine A1 - Choi, Ho-Rim A1 - Elattar, Osama A1 - Dills, Vickie D. A1 - Busconi, Brian SP - 621 EP - 636 VL - 35 IS - 4 N2 - Sports hernia is a condition that causes acute/chronic pain of low abdominal, groin, or adductor area in athletes. It is considered a weakness in the rectus abdominis insertion or posterior inguinal wall of lower abdomen caused by acute or repetitive injury of the structure. It is most commonly seen in soccer, ice hockey, and martial arts players who require acute cutting, pivoting, or kicking. A variety of surgical options have been reported with successful outcome and with high rates of return to the sports in a majority of cases.

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