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| Author(s): | Comly, Carol Ann |
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| Author Affiliation: | Staff Corrective Therapist, Lebanon and Coatesville V.A.M.C. |
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| Title: | The incidence and type of athletic injuries occurring in college football played on natural and artificial turf field surfaces |
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| Section: | Lecture notes from December 1984 New Jersey Turfgrass Expo
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| Meeting Info.: | "Lecture Notes from December 1984 New Jersey Turfgrass Expo" |
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| Source: | Rutgers Turfgrass Proceedings: 1985. Vol. 16, 1985, p. 59-62. |
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| Publishing Information: | New Brunswick, NJ: Cook College and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, In cooperation with the New Jersey Turfgrass Association |
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| # of Pages: | 4 |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The purpose of this study was to determine if artificial playing surfaces, utilized to play college level football, increased the incidence and types of recorded athletic injuries. Two hundred and ninety-six 1982 college football players were studied. Temple University represented the data for the artificial turf statistics and West Chester University for the natural turf. The National Athletic Injury/Illness Recording Service, (N.A.I.R.S.) provided the data collection system. N.A.I.R.S. is a computerized surveillance system which was developed to provide data for such purposes as research. The athletic training departments of each university were responsible for supplying weekly injury reports to N.A.I.R.S., and at the end of each month and the season N.A.I.R.S. returned an Injury/Illness Report. Upon receiving the End of Season N.A.I.R.S. Report the injury types and rates for each surface were compiled. The types of injury varied relating to body part which were categorized as minor or significant. The artificial surface showed a higher percentage of injuries in: head-neck-spine, ankle-foot and miscellaneous conditions. The injuries incurred on natural turf were higher in the face-scalp, shoulder-arm, forearm-hand, torso, hip-leg, and knee areas. The relationship of the injury rates pertaining to each surface showed the artificial surface to have a higher number of injuries (110-50)." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 10 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: Artificial vs. Natural Turf Surfaces |
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| Note: | Tables |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Comly, C. A. 1985. The incidence and type of athletic injuries occurring in college football played on natural and artificial turf field surfaces. p. 59-62. In Rutgers Turfgrass Proceedings: 1985. "Lecture Notes from December 1984 New Jersey Turfgrass Expo". New Brunswick, NJ: Cook College and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, In cooperation with the New Jersey Turfgrass Association. |
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