Artificial turf and crumb rubber infill: An international policy review concerning the current state of regulations [PDF]
Environmental Challenges, 2022 Background: Although artificial turf fields are utilized widely around the world, sufficient research has not yet been conducted to assess the potential human and environmental health risks posed by the chemicals contained in the fields’ fibers, backing,
Philip Zuccaro +9 more
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Assessing extraction-analysis methodology to detect fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOH), a class of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in artificial turf fibers and crumb rubber infill [PDF]
Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 2023 Background: Despite widespread global use of artificial turf fields, there is a paucity of research assessing the presence of potentially harmful chemicals within the field components.
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Incidence of football injuries sustained on artificial turf compared to grass and other playing surfaces: a systematic review and meta-analysisResearch in context [PDF]
EClinicalMedicine, 2023 Summary: Background: Prior reviews have not conducted statistical synthesis of injury incidence on artificial turf in football. To analyse and compare the incidence of injuries sustained playing football (soccer) on artificial turf compared to grass and
Ilari Kuitunen +4 more
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Hazard assessment study on organic compounds and heavy metals from using artificial turf [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Introduction: Artificial turf or synthetic grass releases hazardous substances such as heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
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Exploring the Human Health Impact of Artificial Turf Worldwide: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Environmental Health InsightsThe growing use of artificial turf in place of natural turf in residential, recreational and commercial settings has raised concerns regarding its potential impact on human health. A systematic review of databases revealed 5673 articles of which, 30 were
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Finnish Youth Footballers' Perceptions on Artificial Turf: A Survey Research [PDF]
Health Science ReportsBackground and Aims There is no evidence of increased overall injury risk on modern artificial surfaces in football. However, football players have generally considered artificial surface to increase injury risk compared to natural grass. Earlier studies
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Lower Extremity Injury Rates on Artificial Turf Versus Natural Grass Surfaces in the National Football League During the 2021 and 2022 Seasons [PDF]
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports MedicineBackground: It has been argued that the use of artificial turf football fields in the National Football League (NFL) increases player injury risk compared with natural grass surfaces. Purpose/Hypothesis: The purpose of this study was to quantify the rate
Nikit Venishetty BA +5 more
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Poster 115: Elective Imaging and Surgical Procedures Following Surface-Related College Football Game Trauma on Artificial Turf and Natural Grass. A 15-Season Prospective Study [PDF]
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2022 Objectives: With increasing concerns of rising medical costs, the potential for long-term articular changes, and the perceived higher incidence of injury while playing on artificial turf, no long term studies have specifically compared elective medical ...
James Sterling, Michael Meyers PhD FACSM
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Association of artificial turf and concussion in competitive contact sports: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2020 Objective To determine the incidence of head injuries and concussion in contact sports, comparing natural grass with artificial turf surfaces.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis via the RevMan V.5.3 software.Eligibility criteria for selecting ...
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Ingestion of rubber tips of artificial turf fields by goldfish [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Marine microplastics are one of the global environmental issues. The present study examined whether rubber tips of artificial sports fields could be marine microplastics.
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