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Post by rifle on Oct 9, 2014 6:55:20 GMT -5
I understand the reasons in favor of using it - for durability. Maybe it is influenced by my growing up playing on carpet-on-a-slab in midwest winter indoor soccer leagues.. but I hate artificial turf. If property owners would build athletic fields for natural grass with drainage like they do for artificial turf, we wouldn't really need this stuff. If it's carcinogenic, it needs to go.
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Post by Soccerhouse on Oct 9, 2014 7:50:08 GMT -5
You would have to see a true scientific study, clusters of strange things occur all the time. you would also think since NHL is more common in boys than girls, you would see many cases within football players where the turf is used just as much. Clearly their needs to be some more research with this topic. Its a tough thing to study for sure.
Out of a million children, about nine white children younger than age 15 develop NHL each year.
Twice as many white children develop the disease as African-American children.
NHL occurs in two to three times more boys than girls.
The likelihood of developing NHL is higher for people who take certain medications or who have the following:
A brother or sister with NHL
Disorders affecting the immune system, such as those caused by HIV and other viruses
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Post by SoccerMom on Oct 9, 2014 12:01:22 GMT -5
Im not sure what I think? I would definitely need to see more studies
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Post by dogso on Oct 9, 2014 17:20:42 GMT -5
The biggest issue I have with Artificial turf is the way to "Grabs the foot". Natural grass allows the foot to swivel as the body turns. I have seen so many times a player make a quick swivel move and the foot does not move with them. I am certainly not an expert - just a witness ! but i am sure you see and lot more non contact knee injuries on turf than you do on grass.
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Post by SoccerMom on Oct 10, 2014 7:26:46 GMT -5
But at the same time, the injuries on turf are less than on grass. when you fall on turf your fall is cushioned better
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Post by Soccerhouse on Oct 10, 2014 8:05:32 GMT -5
i always wondered about those nasty rubber pellets. the big issue with turf a few years ago was MRSA. Turned out to be more outbreak related than turf related.
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Post by zizou on Oct 10, 2014 9:50:17 GMT -5
The biggest issue I have with Artificial turf is the way to "Grabs the foot". Natural grass allows the foot to swivel as the body turns. I have seen so many times a player make a quick swivel move and the foot does not move with them. I am certainly not an expert - just a witness ! but i am sure you see and lot more non contact knee injuries on turf than you do on grass. |
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Post by SoccerMom on Oct 10, 2014 11:42:40 GMT -5
The biggest issue I have with Artificial turf is the way to "Grabs the foot". Natural grass allows the foot to swivel as the body turns. I have seen so many times a player make a quick swivel move and the foot does not move with them. I am certainly not an expert - just a witness ! but i am sure you see and lot more non contact knee injuries on turf than you do on grass. interesting article! In all, the 13 teams played 797 matches, 355 (45%) on FieldTurf and 442 (55%) on grass. The athletic trainers noted a total of 693 injuries (slightly less than 9 injuries per 10 matches). When looking at all injuries combined, the injury rate was nearly 20% lower for matches played on artificial turf than on grass (7.7 versus 9.5 injuries per 10 matches). |
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