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Table 3 Expert panel answers in round 2

From: Return to Play in Long-Standing Adductor-Related Groin Pain: A Delphi Study Among Experts

Section

Item

Consensus

Percentage (%)

Palpation

Use as a criterion in RTP

NC

68.8

Strength

Use as a criterion in RTP

+

93.8

 

Tests to evaluate hip adductors' isometric strength

No tests reached cut-off value (≥ 70%)

 
 

Tests to evaluate hip adductors' eccentric strength

No tests reached cut-off value (≥ 70%)

 
 

Analysis of strength in other muscle groups

NC

66.7

 

Other parameters considered (except pain)

  
 

 Side-to-side Symmetry

+

80.0

PROMs

Use as a criterion in RTP

NC

59.4

Imaging

Use as a criterion in RTP

−

78.1

Intersegmental control

Use as a criterion in RTP

NC

34.3

Performance tests

Use as a criterion in RTP

+

90.6

 

Others parameters considered (except pain)

  
 

 Athlete feedback

+

82.8

Sport-specific skills

Use as a criterion in RTP

+

90.6

 

Others parameters considered (except pain)

  
 

 Athlete feedback

+

86.2

 

 Performance in skills execution

+

75.9

 

 Quality of movement

+

72.4

  1. +, positive consensus; −, negative consensus; NC, no consensus;