Incidence, causes, and severity of high school football injuries on FieldTurf versus natural grass: A 5-year prospective study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1626-1638

  Meyers, Michael C ^a   Barnhill, Bill S ^b  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Panhandle Sports Medicine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Artificial surface; Environment; Head; Knee

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOTBALL; GRASS; HEAD INJURY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POACEAE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 6344255266     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504266978     Document Type: Article

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