The effect of field condition and shoe type on lower extremity injuries in American Football
Iacovelli JN, Yang J, Thomas G, Wu H, Schiltz T, Foster DT
British journal of sports medicine · 19 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
- Independent funding
- Government
- U.S. Public Health Service
- Government
- PHS HHS
- Grants
- U.S. Public Health Service (R49-CCD721682-03)
Based on 2 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2013-06-12 · Br J Sports Med · vol. 47 · issue 12 · pp. 789–793
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Cited
- 42 citations · more than 90% of similar papers · 2.9× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 48 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Sports injuries and prevention · Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies · Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Keywords
- Football, American football, Medicine, Football players, Field (mathematics), Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Physical therapy, Mathematics, Geography
- MeSH
- humans, poaceae, ankle injuries, knee injuries, incidence, cohort studies, football, floors and floorcoverings, manufactured materials, shoes, united states
6 authors
From US
- Jaclyn Nicole IacovelliUniversity of Iowa
- Jingzhen Ginger Yang · correspondingUniversity of Iowa; Kent State University
- Geb W ThomasUniversity of Iowa
- Hongqian WuUniversity of Iowa
- Trisha SchiltzUniversity of Iowa
- Danny T. FosterUniversity of Iowa
Abstract
Background/aim
Considerable improvement has been made in football field surfaces and types of shoe, yet relatively few epidemiological studies have investigated their roles in the risk of football injuries. This study examined the effects of field surface, surface condition and shoe type on the likelihood of lower extremity football injuries.
Methods
Deidentified data from 188 players from one division I university football team during the 2007-2010 seasons were analysed. Lower extremity injury rate and rate ratio, along with 95% confidence limits, were calculated by football activity, playing surface condition and shoe type.
Results
A total of 130 lower extremity injuries were sustained, with an overall lower extremity injury rate of 33.5/10 000 athlete-sessions. The lower extremity injury rate was 2.61 times higher when the surface condition was abnormal compared with when the surface condition was normal. During games, the risk for lower extremity injury was 3.34 times higher (95% CI 1.70 to 6.56) on artificial turf compared with natural grass. However, this trend was not statistically significant in practice sessions. Furthermore, neither the number of shoe cleats nor the height of the shoe top was statistically associated with risk of lower extremity injuries.
Conclusions
Football players who played on artificial turf or when the surface condition was abnormal were susceptible to lower extremity injuries. Evidence from this study suggests that further research into playing surfaces and shoe types may provide fruitful opportunities to reduce injuries to collegiate football players.
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