No Increased Injury Risk on Artificial Turf in Finnish Premier Division Football.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the injury risk between natural grass and artificial turf in the male Finnish premier division (Veikkausliiga) matches during the 2019 league season.

Design

A retrospective reanalysis of prospectively collected season-long injury surveillance cohort study.

Setting

Finnish elite-level male football.

Participants

All 12 teams of Veikkausliiga participated in the study. All players were eligible to participate. Two hundred thirty-six players took part in the follow-up between February and November 2019.

Interventions

Matches were played between April and November 2019. Injury data were collected using standard injury reports from the team medicals and weekly player questionnaires. Individual player exposure in matches was collected. Art

SUBMITTER: Immonen V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12560186 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature