Early Sport Specialization and Subjective Hip and Groin Dysfunction in Collegiate Ice Hockey Athletes.

CONCLUSIONS: Collegiate ice hockey athletes who were highly specialized before high school reported greater current hip and groin pain, symptoms, dysfunction during activities of daily living and sport and recreation, and lower current hip- and groin-related quality of life compared with low-specialization ice hockey athletes. Early ice hockey specialization may be detrimental to hip and groin function in collegiate ice hockey athletes.
PMID: 32031885 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: J Athl Train - February 6, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Sheppard M, Nicknair J, Goetschius J Tags: J Athl Train Source Type: research