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Sports Medicine
intermediate
X-Type

Hip Flexor Strains

Hip and Groin Injuries

A 22-year-old professional soccer player presents with acute anterior hip pain that occurred during a powerful kicking motion. He felt a "pop" in the groin and has pain with resisted hip flexion. On examination, he has tenderness over the lesser trochanter and pain with passive hip extension. MRI shows a grade II strain at the musculotendinous junction of the iliopsoas. Regarding iliopsoas anatomy and injury patterns:

Mark each as TRUE or FALSE

A

The iliopsoas comprises the psoas major (originating from T12-L5 vertebral bodies and transverse pro...

B

Iliopsoas strains typically occur at the musculotendinous junction during eccentric loading with the...

C

Iliopsoas strains are more common than rectus femoris strains in athletes; complete avulsion of the ...

D

Clinical examination of iliopsoas strain includes pain with resisted hip flexion (sitting or supine ...

E

MRI grading of muscle strains: Grade I shows edema with less than 5% fiber disruption; Grade II show...

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Click T (True) or F (False) for each option