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| Author(s): | Chivers, I. H.;
Aldous, D. E.;
Orchard, J. W. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Chivers: Racing Solutions, Sandringham, Victoria, Australia; Aldous: School of Resource Management, Institute of Land and Food Resources, The University of Melbourne, Richmond, Victoria, Australia; Orchard: South Sydney Sports Medicine, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Title: | The relationship of Australian football grass surfaces to anterior cruciate ligament injury |
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| Section: | Establishment & maintenance
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| Meeting Info.: | Llandudno, Wales, UK: July 10-15 2005 |
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| Source: | International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. Vol. 10, No. Part 1, 2005, p. 327-332. |
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| Publishing Information: | Aberystywth, Ceredigion, UK: International Turfgrass Society |
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| # of Pages: | 6 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Soccer fields; Botanical composition; Injuries; Health; Athletic fields; Playing season; Surface hardness; Soil moisture; Traction; Thatch
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| Abstract/Contents: | "In a recent Australian sporting injury survey one third of severe injuries associated with Australian Rules Football (AFL) were to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) with these injuries estimated to cost the AFL approx $AUS 1.0M a year. ACL injuries are more than twice as likely to occur on grounds in the non-Melbourne "northern" states of Australia as opposed to those in the southern state of Victoria, and are far more common in the earlier months of the playing season. The objective of this study was to identify those factors, which may be contributing to this elevated injury rates on the so-called non-Melbourne "northern" grounds and early in the playing season. Eight major AFL venues were monitored regularly over three playing seasons with measurements taken monthly during the playing season on surface hardness, soil moisture, traction, botanical composition and thatch depth and compared with the climatic associations with ACL injuries. No significant relationships were found between surface hardness, soil strength, and volumetric moisture content and either stage of season or location. Traction, thatch depth and the combined percentage of bermudagrass and annual bluegrass had the most similar correlations with location and stage of season to ACL injury rates and were therefore considered most likely to be contributing to the higher incidence of ACL injuries on non-Melbourne "northern" grounds. This may be through their contribution to the significant thatch layer developed above the soil surface, or directly through the presence of stoloniferous growth. Interrelationships occurred for some of the aboveground factors and precisely determining the reasons for higher the incidence of ACL injuries on some grounds need to take into account these relationships. For example, tests for traction and shear strength exhibited a moderate positive correlation of 0.57 and showed a positive correlation with both thatch depth and the percentage of bermudagrass, but a negative correlation with the percentage of bare ground. Traction was found to be positively related to both thatch depth and the percentage of bermudagrass and bare ground." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 14 |
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| Note: | Partial reprint appears in CUTT, v. 16, n. 4, 2005, p. 3 with variant title "ACL injuries and field measures"
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Chivers, I. H., D. E. Aldous, and J. W. Orchard. 2005. The relationship of Australian football grass surfaces to anterior cruciate ligament injury. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 10(Part 1):p. 327-332. |
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