Sep 14, 2012· They found players suffered 1,528 knee sprains and 1,503 ankle sprains during those games, and both types of injuries were 22 percent more common in games played on FieldTurf

Mar 11, 2010· NEW YORK -- An NFL panel found that certain serious knee and ankle injuries happen more often in games played on the most popular brand of artificial turf than on grass. The league's Injury

Oct 30, 2020· And among those non-contact injuries, players endured 32 percent more non-contact knee injuries and a 69 percent rate increase of non-contact foot and ankle injuries on turf compared to grass.

Mar 12, 2010· NEW YORK— An NFL panel found that certain serious knee and ankle injuries happen more often in games played on the most popular brand of artificial turf than on grass.

Oct 19, 2020· The data supports the anecdotes you’ll hear from me and other players: artificial turf is significantly harder on the body than grass. Based on NFL injury data collected from 2012 to 2018, not only was the contact injury rate for lower extremities higher during practices and games held on artificial turf, NFL players consistently experienced a much higher rate of non-contact lower extremity...

Oct 30, 2020· And among those non-contact injuries, players endured 32 percent more non-contact knee injuries and a 69 percent rate increase of non-contact foot and ankle injuries on turf compared to grass

Sep 23, 2020· G Joe Noteboom, calf IR – Grass. Those are just 21 of the injuries 11 on turf, 10 on grass or grass/turf hybrids sustained last week. The problem with the 49ers’ complaints is not that turf is a negligible factor. It might well have contributed to those injuries. But the injuries above took place on both turf and grass fields.

Mar 12, 2010· NFL panel finds some injuries more common on turf.... The rate for the ankle sprains was 32 percent higher on FieldTurf than on grass. MCL injuries and a

Oct 19, 2020· The data supports the anecdotes you’ll hear from me and other players: artificial turf is significantly harder on the body than grass. Based on NFL injury data collected from 2012 to 2018, not only was the contact injury rate for lower extremities higher during practices and games held on artificial turf, NFL players consistently experienced a much higher rate of non-contact lower extremity...

Aug 26, 2019· Breaking it down, injuries in upper and lower extremities and torso occurred more frequently on artificial turf than on natural grass. When analyzing by sport, researchers found that football, men's lacrosse, rugby, and girls and boys soccer had higher rates of injury than other sports.

FieldTurf still looks bad, though -- those stadiums hold the second-, third-, and fourth-highest rates of lower leg injuries. The other two FieldTurf stadiums also rank in the top half. The stadiums with the six lowest lower leg injury rates are all natural grass. Houston remains essentially tied with Tennessee for the worst grass ranking...

Both Bramel and Hewett suggested that newer-generation artificial playing surfaces may also be contributing to ACL injury in NFL players, citing a 2012 study conducted by the league’s Injury and Safety Panel that found a 67% higher rate of ACL sprains on artificial turf than on grass (see “Artificial surfaces evolve, but safety debate...

Oct 02, 2015· A study by an NFL panel showed that certain serious knee and ankle injuries happened more frequently on FieldTurf, the most popular brand of artificial turf, than on natural grass. When the panel’s findings were released in 2010, the NFL cautioned against drawing any conclusions about what caused the injuries that were analyzed.

Comparing all injuries and not just ACL tears, he found no difference in the rate of knee injuries from games played on natural grass and those on FieldTurf. Additionally Meyers and Barnhill studied eight high schools over five seasons. They actually found a higher incidence rate of ACL injuries on FieldTurf than on natural grass.

Oct 02, 2013· The common thought is that turf has more traction than grass and therefore we will see more injuries on turf. Increased injury rate on artificial turf: A study published in 2011 looking at football, rugby, and soccer injuries showed that there was a higher incidence of ankle injuries on artificial turf.

As we wrap up the first month of the 2020 campaign, more and more players are suffering significant leg injuries. Some of that can be attributed to the nature of the game, the fact that there was no preseason and the problems with playing on artificial turf instead of grass. Out of 32 NFL teams, 13 NFL use some form of artificial turf.

Nov 17, 2017· Attributing serious sports injuries to artificial turf is a thing of the past, says Dr. Michael C. Myers of Montana State University. His study showed that new types of turf, like FieldTurf, are more akin to natural grass. He compared college football injuries between actual grass and this new turf and found FieldTurf to be safer.

Oct 27, 2020· On Monday, the NFL Player's Association formally called on team owners to "proactively change all field surfaces to natural grass," citing higher rates of injuries to players who are playing on...

Aug 21, 2008· This gives the field a more “grass-like” feel than traditional artificial turfs. Examples include FieldTurf™, AstroTurf Gameday Grass™, Sportsexe Momentum Turf™, and SprinTurf™. These fields have nylon or polyethylene fibers which attempt to replicate blades of grass.