Risk of injury on third-generation artificial turf in Norwegian professional football
Bjørneboe J, Bahr R, Andersen TE
British journal of sports medicine · 36 citations
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
- Possibly industry funded
- Company
- Norsk Tipping
- University or hospital
- Norges Idrettshøgskole
Based on 2 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2010-09-01 · Br J Sports Med · vol. 44 · issue 11 · pp. 794–798
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Cited
- 82 citations · more than 93% of similar papers · 3.6× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 20 works
- Access
- Open access (repository copy) · OTHER-OA
- Research areas
- Sports injuries and prevention · Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise · Tendon Structure and Treatment
- Keywords
- Norwegian, Football, Third generation, Medicine, Injury prevention, Poison control, Physical therapy, Engineering, Medical emergency, Political science, Telecommunications
- MeSH
- humans, poaceae, athletic injuries, incidence, risk factors, prospective studies, time factors, soccer, floors and floorcoverings, norway, male
3 authors
From NO
- John Andreas Bjørneboe · correspondingOslo Sports Trauma Research Center; Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
- Roald BahrOslo Sports Trauma Research Center; Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
- Thor Einar AndersenOslo Sports Trauma Research Center; Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Abstract
Background
Artificial turf is used extensively in both recreational and elite football in areas with difficult climatic conditions.
Objective
To compare the risk for acute injuries between natural grass (NG) and third-generation artificial turf (3GAT) in male professional football. study design: Prospective cohort study.
Methods
All injuries sustained by players with a first-team contract were recorded by the medical staff of each club, from the 2004 throughout the 2007 season. An injury was registered if the player was unable to take fully part in football activity or match play.
Results
A total of 668 match injuries, 526 on grass and 142 on artificial turf, were recorded. The overall acute match injury incidence was 17.1 (95% CI 15.8 to 18.4) per 1000 match hours; 17.0 (95% CI 15.6 to 18.5) on grass and 17.6 (95% CI 14.7 to 20.5) on artificial turf. Correspondingly, the incidence for training injuries was 1.8 (95% CI 1.6 to 2.0); 1.8 (95% CI 1.5 to 2.0) on grass and 1.9 (95% CI 1.5 to 2.2) on artificial turf respectively. No significant difference was observed in injury location, type or severity between turf types.
Conclusion
No significant differences were detected in injury rate or pattern between 3GAT and NG in Norwegian male professional football.
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