Incidence (injuries/1000 player match hours) of training injuries on artificial turf and grass in male and female players as a function of injury type
| Injury type | 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 | |||||
| Fracture/bone stress | 0.11 (0.05 to 0.24) | 0.15 (0.10 to 0.21) | 0.72 (0.30 to 1.71) | 0.45 | 0.13 (0.06 to 0.28) | 0.14 (0.10 to 0.19) | 0.93 (0.39 to 2.23) | 0.87 |
| Joint (non-bone)/ligament/cartilage | 1.31 (1.04 to 1.64) | 0.99 (0.86 to 1.13) | 1.33 (1.02 to 1.73) | 0.04 | 0.77 (0.55 to 1.06) | 1.00 (0.88 to 1.14) | 0.76 (0.54 to 1.09) | 0.13 |
| Muscle/tendon | 1.26 (1.00 to 1.59) | 1.16 (1.02 to 1.31) | 1.08 (0.83 to 1.41) | 0.55 | 1.04 (0.79 to 1.38) | 1.21 (1.08 to 1.36) | 0.86 (0.64 to 1.16) | 0.33 |
| Contusion | 0.53 (0.37 to 0.76) | 0.53 (0.44 to 0.63) | 1.01 (0.67 to 1.51) | 0.97 | 0.28 (0.16 to 0.48) | 0.23 (0.17 to 0.30) | 1.22 (0.66 to 2.24) | 0.52 |
| Laceration/skin lesion | 0.02 (0 to 0.13) | 0.04 (0.02 to 0.08) | 0.46 (0.06 to 3.7) | 0.47 | 0.04 (0.01 to 0.17) | 0.02 (0.01 to 0.05) | 1.99 (0.39 to 10.2) | 0.41 |
| Central/peripheral nervous system | 0.07 (0.03 to 0.19) | 0.11 (0.07 to 0.17) | 0.64 (0.22 to 1.86) | 0.41 | 0.26 (0.15 to 0.45) | 0.13 (0.09 to 0.19) | 1.92 (0.99 to 3.74) | 0.05 |
| Other | 0.05 (0.02 to 0.16) | 0.04 (0.02 to 0.08) | 1.23 (0.33 to 4.55) | 0.75 | 0.09 (0.03 to 0.23) | 0.06 (0.04 to 0.10) | 1.42 (0.47 to 4.31) | 0.53 |