Incidence, Mechanisms, and Severity of Game-Related College Football Injuries on FieldTurf Versus Natural Grass

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 687-697

  Meyers, Michael C ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

artificial surface; head; knee; trauma

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOTBALL; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; KNEE INJURY; POACEAE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; SPORT INJURY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANKLE INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURIES; POACEAE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 77954745397     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509352464     Document Type: Article

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