Safety of third-generation artificial turf in male elite professional soccer players in Italian major league
Lanzetti RM, Ciompi A, Lupariello D, Guzzini M, De Carli A, Ferretti A
Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 15 citations
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- Cohort study (classified by our AI screen)
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- Clinical events such as disease or death
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- Funding not disclosed
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- Published
- 2016-02-16 · Scand J Med Sci Sports · vol. 27 · issue 4 · pp. 435–439
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- Wiley
- Cited
- 35 citations · more than 94% of similar papers · 4.5× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
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- 26 works
- Access
- Open access (repository copy) · OTHER-OA
- Research areas
- Sports injuries and prevention · Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Keywords
- League, Demography, Medicine, Poison control, Animal science, Biology, Environmental health
- MeSH
- humans, poaceae, athletic injuries, incidence, safety, soccer, floors and floorcoverings, adult, italy, male, young adult, athletes
6 authors
- Riccardo Maria Lanzetti
- Alessandro Ciompi
- Domenico Lupariello · corresponding
- Matteo Guzzini
- Angelo De Carli
- Antonio Ferretti
Abstract
Our hypothesis is that there are no difference in the injury incidence on artificial turf and natural grass. During the 2011/2012 season, we recorded injuries which occurred to two Italian stadiums equipped with third-generation artificial turf during 36 games (391 players). Data were compared with the injuries which occurred in the same season in two stadiums equipped with natural grass (372 players). We recorded 43 injuries during the playing time (16.7 per 1000 h). About 23 (18.1 per 1000 h) injuries occurred on artificial turf, while 20 (15.2 per 1000 h) on the natural grass with no statistical differences P > 0.05. We recorded 10 (7.87 per 1000 h) contact and 13 (10.23 per 1000 h) non-contact injuries on artificial turf, while 5 (3.8 per 1000 h) contact and 15 (11.4 per 1000 h) non-contact injuries on natural grass P > 0.05. The overall relative risk was 1.15; 95% CI: 0.64-2.07). Our study demonstrates a substantial equivalence in injury risk on natural grass and artificial turf in elite professional soccer athletes during official matches.
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