The evaluation of pelvic injury in the female athlete

The differential diagnosis of pelvic pain and possible injury in the female athlete is quite broad and must include gastrointestinal and genitourinary aetiologies, as well as musculoskeletal injuries. These considerations reflect the anatomical complexity of the female pelvis. The pelvic bones house...

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Published in:Sports medicine (Auckland) 1995-12, Vol.20 (6), p.422-428
Main Authors: SHORT, J. W, PEDOWITZ, R. A, STRONG, J. A, SPEER, K. P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Algorithms
Athletic Injuries - diagnosis
Athletic Injuries - rehabilitation
Biological and medical sciences
Bone Diseases, Metabolic - complications
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Fractures, Stress - etiology
Golf - injuries
Hockey - injuries
Humans
Ischium - injuries
Medical sciences
Muscle, Skeletal - injuries
Pelvic Bones - injuries
Pelvic Pain - diagnosis
Pelvis - injuries
Pubic Bone - injuries
Rupture
Sport (general aspects)
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Summary:The differential diagnosis of pelvic pain and possible injury in the female athlete is quite broad and must include gastrointestinal and genitourinary aetiologies, as well as musculoskeletal injuries. These considerations reflect the anatomical complexity of the female pelvis. The pelvic bones house the lower gastrointestinal and genitourinary viscera and transmit stress from the lower extremities to the upper body. The innervation of the pelvic structures also complicates evaluation and diagnosis when somatic and visceral afferent information affects the athlete's interpretation of pain. An algorithmic approach can facilitate evaluation and rehabilitation of pelvic injuries in the female athlete in the contest of previously described mechanisms of musculoskeletal injury.
ISSN:0112-1642
1179-2035
DOI:10.2165/00007256-199520060-00006