The potential of the skin as a readout system to test artificial turf systems: clinical and immunohistological effects of a sliding on natural grass and artificial turf
Peppelman M, van den Eijnde WA, Langewouters AM, Weghuis MO, van Erp PE
International journal of sports medicine · 4 citations
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- Controlled clinical trial (classified by our AI screen)
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- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
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- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2013-02-26 · Int J Sports Med · vol. 34 · issue 09 · pp. 783–788
- Publisher
- Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)
- Cited
- 20 citations · more than 89% of similar papers · 2.7× the field average
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- Research areas
- Tendon Structure and Treatment · Nail Diseases and Treatments · Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Keywords
- H&E stain, Stratum corneum, Immunohistochemistry, Pathology, Biology, Lesion, Biopsy, Erythema, Medicine, Anatomy, Surgery
- MeSH
- skin, humans, poaceae, erythema, athletic injuries, biopsy, immunohistochemistry, pilot projects, time factors, soccer, floors and floorcoverings, adolescent, adult, male, young adult
5 authors
From NL
- Malou Peppelman · correspondingRadboud University Nijmegen; Radboud University Medical Center
- Wilbert van den EijndeNetherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority
- A.M.G. LangewoutersRadboud University Nijmegen; Radboud University Medical Center
- Martin Olde WeghuisTenCate (Netherlands)
- Piet E.J. van ErpRadboud University Nijmegen; Radboud University Medical Center
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the interaction of skin with natural grass and artificial turf at clinical, histological and immunohistochemical level. Therefore, 14 male volunteers performed slidings on dry natural grass, wet natural grass and artificial turf. Directly and 24 h after the slidings, a clinical picture and a 3-mm punch biopsy of the lesion were taken. Paraffin sections (6 µm) were hematoxylin-eosin stained. Immunohistochemistry was performed for CD3, hBD-2, K16, K10, Ki67 and HSP70. Clinically, a sliding performed on artificial turf caused less erythema but more abrasion compared to natural grass. At histological level, artificial turf or dry natural grass damaged the stratum corneum the most. Directly after the sliding, CD3, hBD-2, K16, K10, Ki67 and HSP70 expression was normal. 24 h after a sliding on artificial turf or dry natural grass, an increase of K16, hBD-2 and HSP70 expression was observed. In this pilot study it was not possible to clearly distinguish between skin damage induced by a sliding on artificial turf and natural grass. However, small differences at clinical and histological level seem to exist. This demonstrates the potential of the skin as readout system to evaluate artificial turf systems and mechanical skin damage.
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