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Synthetic playing surfaces increase the incidence of match injuries in an elite Rugby Union team.
Cousins, Ben E W; Morris, John G; Sunderland, Caroline; Bennett, Anthony M; Shahtahmassebi, Golnaz; Cooper, Simon B.
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  • Cousins BEW; Sport Performance Research Group, Sport Science Department, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
  • Morris JG; Sport Performance Research Group, Sport Science Department, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
  • Sunderland C; Sport Performance Research Group, Sport Science Department, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
  • Bennett AM; Applied Sport Technology, Exercise and Medicine Research Centre (A-STEM), College of Engineering, Swansea University, UK.
  • Shahtahmassebi G; Department of Physics and Mathematics, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
  • Cooper SB; Sport Performance Research Group, Sport Science Department, Nottingham Trent University, UK. Electronic address: simon.cooper@ntu.ac.uk.
J Sci Med Sport ; 25(2): 134-138, 2022 Feb.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34538756
OBJECTIVES: To examine differences in match injury incidence between three playing surfaces in elite Rugby Union. DESIGN: Prospective cohort. METHODS: Match injury incidence was assessed in 89 elite Rugby Union players over two-seasons of professional competition (44 matches, 1014 h player exposure). Match injury incidence was assessed on three different playing surfaces; natural grass, hybrid (natural grass combined with approximately 3% synthetic fibres) and fully synthetic (sand and rubber infill). Overall injury incidence, contact and non-contact injury incidence, and the incidence of minor (≤7 d lost) and major (≥8 d lost) injuries were considered using mixed effect models. RESULTS: Overall match injury incidence doubled on hybrid and synthetic surfaces compared to natural grass (hybrid: OR = 2.58 [95% CI 1.65-4.03], p < 0.001; synthetic: OR = 2.16 [95% CI 1.07-4.37], p = 0.033). Furthermore, the odds of sustaining a contact injury on a pitch containing any synthetic content also increased compared to natural grass (hybrid: OR = 2.31 [95% CI 1.41-3.78], p = 0.001; synthetic: OR = 2.19 [95% CI 1.00-4.77], p = 0.049). The hybrid surface elicited a four times greater likelihood of non-contact injury incidence compared to natural grass (OR = 4.18 [95% CI 1.16-15.04], p = 0.028). However, the playing surface did not affect the severity of match injuries (all p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The present study suggests that even a small percentage (3%) of synthetic content in the playing surface significantly increases match injury incidence, with an effect seen on both contact and non-contact injury incidence. These findings are important to enable practitioners to be aware of the injury implications of playing matches on hybrid and synthetic pitches.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Traumatismos en Atletas / Fútbol Americano Tipo de estudio: Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: J Sci Med Sport Asunto de la revista: MEDICINA ESPORTIVA Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Australia
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Traumatismos en Atletas / Fútbol Americano Tipo de estudio: Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: J Sci Med Sport Asunto de la revista: MEDICINA ESPORTIVA Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Australia