Performance Training Journal Issue 12.5 | Página 27

FEATURE ARTICLE

HIP AND GROIN
HEALTH AND
PERFORMANCE IN
HOCKEY PLAYERS
RYAN VAN ASTEN, MSC, CSCS
The sport of hockey is complex and multidisciplinary. Athletes
must be able to complete a combination of gross and fine
motor skills in a high stress environment, including periods of
fatigue and physical confrontation with the added physical
demand of external loading (i.e., equipment). As a result,
there is a high prevalence of hip and groin disorders in hockey
players of all ages, including at the elite level (4). These
disorders include, but are not limited to: 1) groin/adductor
strain, 2) hip labral tear, and 3) sports hernia/athletic
pubalgia.

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