Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine
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Transmission of bacterial and viral pathogens is known to occur by hand contact with fomites. Exercise equipment in public facilities may serve as such fomites. It is not known whether equipment disinfection might reduce microorganism colonization. We performed studies to address these issues. ⋯ There is little risk of exposure to pathogenic bacteria on exercise equipment. Such equipment may commonly serve as fomites for the transmission of viruses. These data do not suggest that disinfection of exercise equipment will offer significant protective effects against virus exposure.
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To evaluate the hypothesis that groin pain at isometric hip adduction may not be caused by adductor tendinitis. ⋯ Groin pain at isometric hip adduction may not be caused by adductor tendinitis in a large proportion of athletes with adduction-related groin pain. The results suggest that adduction-related groin pain with a positive belt test may be treated by stabilization of the pelvis.