Incidence of injury among adolescent soccer players: a comparative study of artificial and natural grass turfs
Aoki H, Kohno T, Fujiya H, Kato H, Yatabe K, Morikawa T, Seki J
Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine · 33 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cohort study (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
- 2010-01-01 · Clin J Sport Med · vol. 20 · issue 1 · pp. 1–7
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Cited
- 63 citations · more than 90% of similar papers · 2.9× the field average
- References
- 17 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Sports injuries and prevention · Traumatic Brain Injury Research · Tendon Structure and Treatment
- Keywords
- Medicine, Incidence (geometry), Natural (archaeology), Physical medicine and rehabilitation
- MeSH
- humans, poaceae, pain, athletic injuries, acute disease, chronic disease, incidence, confidence intervals, risk factors, case-control studies, prospective studies, soccer, adolescent, child, japan, male
7 authors
From JP
- Haruhito Aoki · correspondingSt. Marianna University School of Medicine
- Terushige KohnoSt. Marianna University School of Medicine
- Hiroto FujiyaSt. Marianna University School of Medicine
- Haruyasu KatoSt. Marianna University School of Medicine
- Kanaka YatabeSt. Marianna University School of Medicine
- Tsuguo MorikawaKawasaki Hospital
Abstract
Objective
To investigate the incidence of acute injuries and soccer-related chronic pain from long-term training and during matches in adolescent players using natural grass turfs (NT) and artificial turfs (AT).
Design
Case-controlled prospective study.
Setting
Institutional-level Fédération Internationale de Football Association Medical Centre of Excellence.
Participants
Youth soccer players (12-17 years of age) from 6 teams, with a predominant tendency to train on either NT or AT, were included. Of 332 players enrolled in this study, 301 remained to completion.
Interventions
Medically diagnosed acute injuries and chronic pain were recorded daily by team health care staff throughout 2005, and reports were provided monthly to the authors.
Assessment of risk factors
Noninvasive prospective study.
Independent variables
Age and turf type.
Main outcome measures
Acute injuries per 1000 player hours on each surface and chronic complaints per 1000 player hours were evaluated according to frequency of surface used > or = 80% of the time. Incidence rate ratio (IRR) of acute injuries and chronic complaints during play on NT and AT was calculated.
Results
There was no significant difference in the incidence of acute injuries between the 2 surfaces during training and competition. However, the AT group showed a significantly higher incidence of low back pain during training (IRR, 1.62; 95% confidence interval, 1.06-2.48). Early adolescence and prolonged training hours were factors associated with an increased incidence of chronic pain in the AT group.
Conclusion
Adolescent players routinely training on AT for prolonged periods should be carefully monitored, even on AT conforming to new standards.
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