Elite football on artificial turf versus natural grass: Movement patterns, technical standards, and player impressions

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-122

  Andersson, Helena ^a   Ekblom, Björn ^b   Krustrup, Peter ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ball skills; High intensity running; Questionnaires; Tackles; Time motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTACT STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; GRASS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOGGING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RUNNING; STANDING; TIME; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; MALE; POACEAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUNNING; SOCCER; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; SWEDEN; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 36448964185     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701422076     Document Type: Article

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