Incidence (injuries/1000 player match hours) of training injuries on artificial turf and grass in male and female players as a function of injury location
| Injury location | Male players | Female players | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incidence (95% CI) | Incidence ratio(95% CI) | p Value (z test) | Incidence (95% CI) | Incidence ratio(95% CI) | p Value(z test) | |||
| Artificial turf | Grass | Artificial turf | Grass | |||||
| Head/neck | 0.19 (0.11 to 0.35) | 0.21 (0.15 to 0.28) | 0.95 (0.49 to 1.83) | 0.87 | 0.32 (0.19 to 0.53) | 0.18 (0.13 to 0.24) | 1.82 (1.01 to 3.28) | 0.05 |
| Upper limbs | 0.16 (0.08 to 0.31) | 0.23 (0.17 to 0.30) | 0.71 (0.35 to 1.44) | 0.34 | 0.13 (0.06 to 0.28) | 0.14 (0.10 to 0.20) | 0.90 (0.38 to 2.16) | 0.82 |
| Trunk | 0.55 (0.39 to 0.78) | 0.57 (0.48 to 0.68) | 0.96 (0.65 to 1.43) | 0.85 | 0.30 (0.18 to 0.50) | 0.47 (0.39 to 0.56) | 0.64 (0.37 to 1.11) | 0.11 |
| Lower limbs | 2.44 (2.07 to 2.89) | 2.01 (1.83 to 2.21) | 1.21 (1.00 to 1.47) | 0.05 | 1.85 (1.50 to 2.28) | 2.01 (1.83 to 2.20) | 0.92 (0.73 to 1.16) | 0.48 |
| Hip/groin | 0.41 (0.27 to 0.61) | 0.41 (0.33 to 0.51) | 0.99 (0.62 to 1.57) | 0.96 | 0.19 (0.10 to 0.37) | 0.30 (0.24 to 0.38) | 0.64 (0.32 to 1.28) | 0.20 |
| Thigh | 0.58 (0.42 to 0.82) | 0.53 (0.44 to 0.63) | 1.11 (0.75 to 1.64) | 0.60 | 0.45 (0.29 to 0.69) | 0.56 (0.47 to 0.67) | 0.80 (0.50 to 1.26) | 0.33 |
| Knee | 0.42 (0.28 to 0.63) | 0.43 (0.35 to 0.53) | 0.99 (0.63 to 1.55) | 0.95 | 0.40 (0.26 to 0.63) | 0.54 (0.46 to 0.65) | 0.74 (0.46 to 1.20) | 0.23 |
| Lower leg | 0.25 (0.15 to 0.42) | 0.27 (0.21 to 0.35) | 0.91 (0.51 to 1.63) | 0.75 | 0.36 (0.22 to 0.58) | 0.25 (0.20 to 0.33) | 1.43 (0.83 to 2.46) | 0.19 |
| Ankle | 0.83 (0.62 to 1.11) | 0.58 (0.48 to 0.69) | 1.44 (1.03 to 2.01) | 0.04 | 0.45 (0.29 to 0.69) | 0.45 (0.37 to 0.54) | 1.00 (0.63 to 1.60) | 0.99 |
| Foot | 0.35 (0.23 to 0.55) | 0.20 (0.15 to 0.27) | 1.76 (1.03 to 3.00) | 0.04 | 0.19 (0.10 to 0.37) | 0.21 (0.15 to 0.27) | 0.93 (0.46 to 1.90) | 0.84 |