Groin pain in footballers: the association between preseason clinical and pubic bone magnetic resonance imaging findings and athlete outcome.

Background: Groin pain and tenderness are common in athletes from a variety of codes of football, but little attention has been directed to the influence of magnetic resonance imaging and such clinical findings on athlete participation.

Hypothesis: Preseason groin pain, tenderness, and magnetic resonance imaging findings such as pubic bone marrow edema are associated with restricted training capacity and missed games.

Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 2.