Trial reportBritish journal of sports medicine2007
Risk of injury on artificial turf and natural grass in young female football players.
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34 citing papers in PubMed.
- Risk factors for acute knee injury in female youth football.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2016Trial
- Comprehensive warm-up programme to prevent injuries in young female footballers: cluster randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2008Trial
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- Beyond Return-To-Sport: Mapping ACL Injury History in Currently Active Female Football Players From Youth to Senior Elite Level.Translational sports medicine · 2026Article
- No difference in sudden-onset injury risk between artificial turf and natural grass for Finnish female elite-level footballers: A five-season study.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025Article
- Epidemiology of Injuries Treated Among Male Youth Football Players During the 2021 Top Cup in Cameroon.Cureus · 2025Article
- Risk Factors of Ankle Sprain in Soccer Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of Neuromuscular Training in Preventing Lower Limb Soccer Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Injury incidence and characteristics in adolescent female football players: A systematic review with meta-analysis of prospective studies.Biology of sport · 2024Review
- Impact Deceleration Differences on Natural Grass Versus Synthetic Turf High School Football Fields.Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare · 2024Article
- Epidemiology of Injuries in Men's Professional and Amateur Football (Part I).Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Incidence of football injuries sustained on artificial turf compared to grass and other playing surfaces: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- Prevalence and Pattern of Musculoskeletal Injuries Among Malaysian Hockey League Players.Malaysian orthopaedic journal · 2021Article
- Perceived Links Between Playing Surfaces and Injury: a Worldwide Study of Elite Association Football Players.Sports medicine - open · 2018Article
- The effects of artificial surface temperature on mechanical properties and player kinematics during landing and acceleration.Journal of sport and health science · 2016Article
- Predictors of FIFA 11+ Implementation Intention in Female Adolescent Soccer: An Application of the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
- Shoe and Field Surface Risk Factors for Acute Lower Extremity Injuries Among Female Youth Soccer Players.Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine · 2016Article
- A Prospective Analysis of the Injury Incidence of Young Male Professional Football Players on Artificial Turf.Asian journal of sports medicine · 2016Article
- A kinematic analysis of the spine during rugby scrummaging on natural and synthetic turfs.Journal of sports sciences · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundArtificial turf is becoming increasingly popular, although the risk of injury on newer generations of turf is unknown.
aimTo investigate the risk of injury on artificial turf compared with natural grass among young female football players. STUDY
designProspective cohort study.
methods2020 players from 109 teams (mean (SD) 15.4 (0.8) years) participated in the study during the 2005 football season. Time-loss injuries and exposure data on different types of turf were recorded over an eight-month period.
results421 (21%) players sustained 526 injuries, leading to an injury incidence of 3.7/1000 playing hours (95% CI 3.4 to 4.0). The incidence of acute injuries on artificial turf and grass did not differ significantly with respect to match injuries (rate ratio (RR) 1.0, 95% CI 0.8 to 1.3; p = 0.72) or training injuries (RR 1.0, 95% CI 0.6 to 1.5, p = 0.93). In matches, the incidence of serious injuries was significantly higher on artificial turf (RR 2.0, 95% CI 1.3 to 3.2; p = 0.03). Ankle sprain was the most common type of injury (34% of all acute injuries), and there was a trend towards more ankle sprains on artificial turf than on grass (RR 1.5, 95% CI 1.0 to 2.2; p = 0.06).
conclusionIn the present study among young female football players, the overall risk of acute injuries was similar between artificial turf and natural grass.
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