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An Analysis of Specific Lower Extremity Injury Rates on Grass and FieldTurf Playing Surfaces in National Football League Games

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2012

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Elliott B. Hershman, Robert B. Anderson, John A. Bergfeld, James P. Bradley, Michael J. Coughlin, Robert J. Johnson, Kurt P. Spindler, Edward M. Wojtys, John W. Powell

The American Journal of Sports Medicine

Abstract

Injury rates for ACL sprains and eversion ankle sprains for NFL games played on FieldTurf were higher than rates for those injuries in games played on grass, and the differences were statistically significant.

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