Comparing the Effects of Holmich Protocol Exercise Therapy and Joint Mobilization Training on Pain, Balance, Function of the Lower Limb, and Muscle Activity in Soccer Players with Athletic Groin Pain.

Launched by YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY · Feb 12, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is looking at two different types of treatments for soccer players who are dealing with groin pain. The first treatment is called the Holmich protocol exercise therapy, and the second is joint mobilization training. The researchers want to find out if one treatment is better than the other in helping reduce pain, improve balance, and enhance the function and muscle activity of the lower limb.

To participate in this trial, you need to be a male soccer player between the ages of 18 and 35 who has had groin pain for at least two months. You should also have a normal body weight and want to return to playing sports at your previous level. If you join, you will attend sessions three times a week for 90 minutes over 12 weeks, where you will be practicing either the Holmich protocol or joint mobilization training. This study has not started recruiting participants yet, but it aims to help understand how these treatments can support athletes in recovering from groin pain.

Gender

MALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Male
• • 2. between 18-35 years old
• • 3. Have a normal body mass index (BMI)
• • 4. Desire to return to the former level of sports activity
• • 5. groin pain for at least 2 months
• • 6. Pain at palpation of the adductor tendons or the insertion of the pubic bone or both; Groin pain during active adduction against resistance (squeeze test); Pain during adduction against resistance had to be less than six\*, based on the visual analogue scale (VAS).
• • 7. In addition, at least two of the following criteria had to be present: a clear history of groin pain and stiffness in the morning, cough induced or sneeze-induced groin pain, nocturnal groin pain or radiological evidence demonstrating osteitis pubis or pain at the symphysis pubis due to palpation.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Receiving physical therapy or other conventional therapy in the past 6 months.
• • 2. Absence in one of the pre- or post-test sessions.
• • 3. Absence of more than two sessions in practice sessions.