Injury risk on artificial turf and grass in youth tournament football

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 356-361

  Soligard, T ^a   Bahr, R ^a   Andersen, T E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Friction; Hardness; Injures; Risk factors; Surface

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; FEMALE; HARDNESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; NORWAY; POACEAE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HARDNESS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; NORWAY; POACEAE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCCER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861433411     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01174.x     Document Type: Article

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