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The study aim was to describe acute adductor injuries in athletes using magnetic resonance imaging (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MRI<\/jats:styled-content>). Male athletes with acute groin pain and an <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MRI<\/jats:styled-content> confirmed acute adductor muscle injury were prospectively included. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MRI<\/jats:styled-content> was performed within 7\u00a0days of injury using a standardized protocol and a reliable assessment approach. 156 athletes presented with acute groin pain of which 71 athletes were included, median age 27\u00a0years (range 18\u201037). There were 46 isolated muscle injuries and 25 athletes with multiple adductor injuries. In total, 111 acute adductor muscle injuries were recorded; 62 adductor longus, 18 adductor brevis, 17 pectineus, 9 obturator externus, 4 gracilis, and 1 adductor magnus injury. 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Three characteristic adductor longus injury locations were observed on <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MRI<\/jats:styled-content>, with avulsion injuries accounting for three\u2010quarters of injuries at the proximal insertion, and intramuscular tendon injury was uncommon.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/sms.12936","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,26]],"date-time":"2017-06-26T07:44:38Z","timestamp":1498463078000},"page":"667-676","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":71,"title":["Characteristics of acute groin injuries in the adductor muscles: A\u00a0detailed <scp>MRI<\/scp> study in athletes"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"28","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4308-901X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"A.","family":"Serner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital  Doha Qatar"},{"name":"Sports Orthopaedic Research Center (SORC\u2010C) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Copenhagen University Hospital  Amager\u2010Hvidovre Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"Weir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital  Doha Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"J. 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