TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Hip injuries and labral tears in the national football league
JO  - American journal of sports medicine
A1  - Feeley, Brian T.
A1  - Powell, J. W.
A1  - Muller, Mark S.
A1  - Barnes, Ronnie P.
A1  - Warren, Russell F.
A1  - Kelly, Bryan T.
SP  - 2187
EP  - 2195
VL  - 36
IS  - 11
N2  - BACKGROUND: Injuries to the hip account for approximately 10% of all injuries in football, but definitive diagnosis is often challenging. Although these injuries are often uncomplicated contusions or strains, intra-articular lesions are increasingly found to be sources of hip pain. PURPOSE: The objective was to define the incidence and etiologic factors of intra- and extra-articular hip injuries in the National Football League (NFL). STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive epidemiology study. METHODS: The NFL Injury Surveillance System was used to define all hip-related injuries from 1997 to 2006. Injuries were included if the athlete missed more than 2 days. All hip and groin injuries were included for evaluation. The authors also report on NFL players with intra-articular injuries seen at their institution outside of the NFL Injury Surveillance System. RESULTS: There were a total of 23 806 injuries from 1997 to 2006, of which 738 were hip injuries (3.1%) with an average of 12.3 days lost per injury. Muscle strains were the most common injury. Intra-articular injuries resulted in the most time lost. Contact injuries most likely resulted in a contusion, and noncontact injuries most often resulted in a muscle strain. In the authors' institutional experience, many of the athletes with labral tears have persistent adductor strains that do not improve despite adequate therapy. CONCLUSION: Hip injuries represent a small but substantial percentage of injuries that occur in the NFL. A majority of these injuries are minor, with a return to play within 2 weeks. Intra-articular injuries are more serious and result in a significant loss of playing time. The "sports hip triad" (labral tear, adductor strain, and rectus strain) is described as a common injury pattern in the elite athlete.    Keywords: American football </p>    <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-5465
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0363546508319898
ID  - ref1
ER  -