1 Before you use it
What it is
The groin measure, and the reason the groin pages have a PROM. Thirty-seven items across six subscales — symptoms, pain, function in daily living, function in sport and recreation, participation in physical activity, and hip/groin-related quality of life.
Built in and for athletes, which is the point — the Doha agreement entities are a sporting problem.
When to reach for it
Any groin presentation — adductor-related, pubic-related, iliopsoas-related, inguinal-related — at baseline, at loading progressions and at return-to-sport decisions.
Pair it with the adductor squeeze test. HAGOS gives the patient's account; the squeeze gives you a number that moves.
2 Giving it
Scoring
Six subscales, each 0–100, reported separately. Higher is better. Never collapse to one number.
What it doesn’t measure
Strength. Adductor squeeze at 0° and 45°, and hip abduction and adduction dynamometry, are separate and they matter here more than in most regions.
Repeat it
3 Reading the score
Interpreting it
Interpret against baseline.
The participation subscale is the return-to-sport conversation. An athlete with good pain and function scores who is still not participating has told you the decision isn't made yet.
Is the change real?
On placement
Adductor-related groin pain in a footballer, 6 weeks in. HAGOS Pain 55 → 70; Sport/Rec 40 → 52; Participation 25 → 25.
Read it as the MDC for one person runs 17.7–33.8 points depending on subscale (measured in hip and groin pain), so a 15-point Pain gain and a 12-point Sport gain are both inside measurement error — encouraging, not proven. The library carries no MCID. Participation hasn't moved at all.
Do the flat Participation subscale is the return-to-sport conversation. Have it; don't wait for the number.
Student trap. Using HOOS for groin pain because it's the hip one you know. Different population, different construct, wrong instrument.
Official source: hvidovrehospital.dk. We don't host the form.
This is a learning tool. It does not diagnose patients and does not replace your clinical educator.
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