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| Author(s): | Orchard, John;
Rodas, Gil;
Til, Lluis;
Ardevòl, Jordi;
Chivers, Ian |
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| Author Affiliation: | Orchard: University of Sydney; Chivers: University of Melbourne, Australia; Rodas, Til, and Ardevòl: FC Barcelona, Spain |
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| Title: | A hypothesis: Could portable natural grass be a risk factor for knee injury? |
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| Column Name: | Case report
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| Source: | Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2008, p. 184-190. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bursa, Turkey: Department of Sports Medicine, Medical Faculty of Uludag University |
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| # of Pages: | 7 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: ACL injuries; Athletic injuries; Lolium perenne; Poa pratensis; Portable turf; Soccer fields; Sports turf safety
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Previous study has shown a likely link between increased shoe- surface traction and risk of knee Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury. Portable natural grass systems are being used more often in sport, but no study to date has investigated their relative safety. By their nature, they must have high resistance to falling apart and therefore newly laid systems may be at risk of creating excessive shoe-surface traction. This study describes two clusters of knee injuries (particularly non-contact ACL injuries), each occurring to players of one professional football team at single venue, using portable grass, in a short space of time. The first series included two ACL injuries, one posterolateral complex disruption and one lateral ligament tear occurring in two rugby league games on a portable bermudagrass surface in Brisbane, Australia. The second series included four non-contact ACL injuries over a period of ten weeks in professional soccer games on a portable Kentucky bluegrass/perennial ryegrass surface in Barcelona, Spain. Possible intrinsic risk factors are discussed but there was no common risk shared by the players. Although no measures of traction were made at the Brisbane venue, average rotational traction was measured towards the end of the injury cluster at Camp Nou, Barcelona, to be 48 Nm. Chance undoubtedly had a part to play in these clusters, but the only obvious common risk factor was play on a portable natural grass surface soon after it was laid. Further study is required to determine whether portable natural grass systems may exhibit high shoe-surface traction soon after being laid and whether this could be a risk factor for knee injury." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 22 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Orchard, J., G. Rodas, L. Til, J. Ardevòl, and I. Chivers. 2008. A hypothesis: Could portable natural grass be a risk factor for knee injury?. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 7(1):p. 184-190. |
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