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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jsams.2011.08.005 |
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| Web URL(s): | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1440244011001551
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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | Twomey, Dara M.;
White, Peta E.;
Finch, Caroline F. |
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| Author Affiliation: | School of Human Movement and Sport Sciences, University of Ballarat; White and Finch: Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), Monash Injury Research Institute (MIRI), Monash University, Australia |
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| Title: | Injury risk associated with ground hardness in junior cricket |
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| Section: | Sports injury
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| Source: | Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. Vol. 15, No. 2, March 2012, p. 110-115. |
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| Publishing Information: | Belconnen, Australia: Sports Medicine Australia |
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| # of Pages: | 6 |
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| Related Web URL: | http://www.jsams.org/article/S1440-2440(11)00155-1/abstract
Last checked: 01/21/2015
Notes: Abstract only |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Athletic injuries; Impact tests; Injurious factors; Risk assessment; Sports turf safety; Surface hardness
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Objectives: To establish if there is an association between ground hardness and injury risk in junior cricket. Design: Nested case-series of players who played matches on specific grounds with objective ground hardness measures, within a prospective cohort study of junior community club cricket players. Methods: Monitoring of injuries and playing exposure occurred during 434 matches over the 2007/2008 playing season. Objective assessment of the hardness of 38 grounds was undertaken using a Clegg hammer at 13 sites on 19 different junior cricket grounds on the match eve across the season. Hardness readings were classified from unacceptably low (<30 g) to unacceptably high (>120 g) and two independent raters assessed the likelihood of each injury being related to ground hardness. Injuries sustained on tested grounds were related to the ground hardness measures. Results: Overall, 31 match injuries were reported; 6.5% were rated as likely to be related to ground hardness, 16.1% as possibly related and 74.2% as unlikely to be related and 3.2% unknown. The two injuries likely to be related to ground hardness were sustained whilst diving to catch a ball resulting, in a graze/laceration from contact with hard ground. Overall, 31/38 (82%) ground assessments were rated as having 'unacceptably high' hardness and all others as 'high/normal' hardness. Only one injury occurred on an objectively tested ground. Conclusions: It remains unclear if ground hardness is a contributing factor to the most common injury mechanism of being struck by the ball, and needs to be confirmed in future larger-scale studies." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 23 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Twomey, D. M., P. E. White, and C. F. Finch. 2012. Injury risk associated with ground hardness in junior cricket. J. Sci. Med. Sport. 15(2):p. 110-115. |
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| DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2011.08.005 |
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