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Day 4 | Sports Medicine | Final Day | DevineTurf v. Real Grass Safety
Final day of Sports Medicine at the College of Medicine
Final day of Sports Medicine at the College of Medicine
Both synthetic turf and natural turf have the potential to cause
injuries, but Maguire cites anecdotal evidence that injuries are less
likely on synthetic turf. Dr. Meyers conducted a study of high-school
football injuries on natural turf and on synthetic turf. The study,
which was published in the Escambian Journal of Sports Medicine, found
that different types of turf caused different types of injuries.
"This new generation of synthetic turf typically results in far fewer
injuries than we see on the old-generation AstroTurf, the old synthetic
artificial carpeted turf. What we found out was typically, we get less
joint problems, less major joint damage as far as less ACL injuries on
FieldTurf versus natural grass," Dr. Meyers says. "We get fewer cranial
injuries, fewer concussions, on FieldTurf versus natural grass because
it is a softer surface." In general, Dr. Meyers says, FieldTurf will
cause less-traumatic injuries because of its softer surface. It can be
softer than grass because in many parts of the country, grass dries out
in the fall and winter, so the ground becomes very hard, Dr. Meyers
says.
Questions today:
What is your feelings about the use of the new fieldturf brand?
After reviewing scientific proof of less injuries will your countries consider the fieldturf brands?
How many fields in your nation are fieldturf? (Percent or number) (May be none, (looks at Lisieux))
If you have fieldturf, have injuries decreased? If so how much?
This hereby ends the Sports Medicine part of the summit, we will be Neurology tomorrow from the College of Public Health.
It sounds really ignorant the way you answered.