Terminology and definitions on groin pain in athletes: building agreement using a short Delphi method.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Groin pain in athletes occurs frequently and can be difficult to treat, which may partly be due to the lack of agreement on diagnostic terminology.

Objective

To perform a short Delphi survey on terminology agreement for groin pain in athletes by a group of experts.

Methods

A selected number of experts were invited to participate in a Delphi questionnaire. The study coordinator sent a questionnaire, which consisted of demographic questions and two 'real-life' case reports of athletes with groin pain. The experts were asked to complete the questionnaire and to provide the most likely diagnosis for each case. Questionnaire responses were analysed by an independent researcher. The Cohen's κ statistic was used to evaluate the level of agreement between the diagn

SUBMITTER: Weir A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4484360 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature