Amateur football game on artificial turf: Players' perceptions

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 485-490

  Zanetti, Elisabetta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amateur football players; Artificial turf; Ergonomics; Survey

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

ARTIFICIAL TURFS; FOOTBALL GAME; FOOTBALL PLAYERS; INFILL MATERIALS; WEATHER FACTORS;

SPORTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FOOTBALL; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60349095337     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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