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Abrasion injuries on artificial turf – a real risk or not?
journal contribution
posted on 2015-04-14, 15:13 authored by Dara M. Twomey, Lauren A. Petrass, Paul FlemingPaul FlemingAbrasion injuries result in damage only to the surface layer of skin and can result in player discomfort and changes in performance. The
perceived fear of abrasion injuries on artificial turf playing surfaces has significantly affected the adoption of these surfaces, particularly in
sports that involve frequent player-surface interactions. The underreporting of abrasion injuries due to how time-loss injuries are defined
and the lack of validity of the current abrasion measurement device highlight the need for more research to understand fully the incidence
and nature of abrasions on artificial turf playing surfaces and the effect of these injuries on playing behaviour. Improved reporting of
abrasion injuries and a more biofidelic test device could assist in both the development of abrasion-related injury prevention strategies and
in dispelling players’ negative perceptions of abrasions on artificial turf.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Published in
The South African Journal of Sports MedicineVolume
26Issue
3Citation
TWOMEY, D.M., PETRASS, L.A. and FLEMING, P.R., 2014. Abrasion injuries on artificial turf – a real risk or not? The South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 26 (3), pp. 91-92.Publisher
Health and Medical Publishing GroupVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/Publication date
2014Notes
This article was published in The South African Journal of Sports Medicine [Health and Medical Publishing Group]. It is also available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/sajsm.563eISSN
2078-516XPublisher version
Language
- en