Risk of injury on artificial turf and natural grass in young female football players
Steffen K, Andersen TE, Bahr R
British journal of sports medicine · 80 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Clinical events such as disease or death
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2007-06-05 · Br J Sports Med · vol. 41 · issue suppl 1 · pp. i33–i37
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Cited
- 172 citations · more than 97% of similar papers · 6.2× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 30 works
- Access
- Free to read
- Research areas
- Sports injuries and prevention · Traumatic Brain Injury Research · Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Keywords
- Football, Injury prevention, Occupational safety and health, Poison control, Football players, Medicine, Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics, Natural (archaeology), Medical emergency, Biology, Pathology, Geography
- MeSH
- humans, poaceae, ankle injuries, sprains and strains, cumulative trauma disorders, risk factors, cohort studies, prospective studies, soccer, floors and floorcoverings, adolescent, norway, female
3 authors
From NO
- Kathrin Steffen · correspondingNorwegian School of Sport Sciences
- Thor Einar AndersenOslo Sports Trauma Research Center; Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
- Roald BahrOslo Sports Trauma Research Center; Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Abstract
Background
Artificial turf is becoming increasingly popular, although the risk of injury on newer generations of turf is unknown.
Aim
To investigate the risk of injury on artificial turf compared with natural grass among young female football players.
Study design
Prospective cohort study.
Methods
2020 players from 109 teams (mean (SD) 15.4 (0.8) years) participated in the study during the 2005 football season. Time-loss injuries and exposure data on different types of turf were recorded over an eight-month period.
Results
421 (21%) players sustained 526 injuries, leading to an injury incidence of 3.7/1000 playing hours (95% CI 3.4 to 4.0). The incidence of acute injuries on artificial turf and grass did not differ significantly with respect to match injuries (rate ratio (RR) 1.0, 95% CI 0.8 to 1.3; p = 0.72) or training injuries (RR 1.0, 95% CI 0.6 to 1.5, p = 0.93). In matches, the incidence of serious injuries was significantly higher on artificial turf (RR 2.0, 95% CI 1.3 to 3.2; p = 0.03). Ankle sprain was the most common type of injury (34% of all acute injuries), and there was a trend towards more ankle sprains on artificial turf than on grass (RR 1.5, 95% CI 1.0 to 2.2; p = 0.06).
Conclusion
In the present study among young female football players, the overall risk of acute injuries was similar between artificial turf and natural grass.
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