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Post by rgs318 on Dec 10, 2019 11:44:46 GMT -5
One place that shows up in NJ is women's soccer on artificial turf. Some of the soccer coaches wanted it to be banned for use in our County Tournament. There seem to be many more ACL injuries on artificial surfaces (at least among the women).
PS: Those fields arestil used, but they are being studies to see the number of aCL injuries.
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Post by timholycross on Dec 10, 2019 13:11:47 GMT -5
For whatever reason, the grass fields in my neck of the woods (Metro West) have been let go badly, even in places where there is no turf field. Not sure why, but in most cases I'd prefer as an official to be on the rug.
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Post by Ray on Dec 10, 2019 13:45:11 GMT -5
My mistake and accept my apology. I didn't read the post in detail....Demski getting injured when she did (a month after signing her LOI) makes my complaint null and void. General comment: statistically, young teen and women athletes have ACL injuries at a rate higher than men. Needs to be figured out why and if there's something that can be done to reduce them. Yes, I think that's been proven to be a legitimate gender difference across multiple studies. I remember Coach Gibbons commenting years ago that the new floor at Hart (the one that Willard funded via guarantee games) was specifically going to benefit the women's team by reducing those injuries.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 10, 2019 14:09:29 GMT -5
One place that shows up in NJ is women's soccer on artificial turf. Some of the soccer coaches wanted it to be banned for use in our County Tournament. There seem to be many more ACL injuries on artificial surfaces (at least among the women). PS: Those fields arestil used, but they are being studies to see the number of aCL injuries. Several studies have shown that the rate of ACL tears on grass and field turf are just about identical. For example: "A few different studies have looked into the injury rates of athletes playing on grass and turf surfaces, and generally have found that neither surface leads to significantly more injuries than the other. For instance, one study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine in 2006, found that, for 10 elite European soccer teams, the number of injuries during both training and games did not differ based on whether the athletes played on grass or turf. Another study, published in 2007, also in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, looked at injury rates of 2,020 female soccer players over the course of one season, and found that injury rates on both artificial turf and grass were relatively similar."www.livescience.com/57762-super-bowl-turf-or-grass-fields-injuries.html"I found 10 research studies (see table below) . . . They all analyzed different datasets about the rates of soccer injuries on turf and grass. Eight were cohort studies, one was an analysis before and after the introduction of turf at a single field, and one was a case-control study. These studies included youth athletes and top-flight professionals, men and women, and included Americans (none in MLS) and various European countries. They all were intelligent enough to look at the rate of injuries, not the number, and their methods generally passed my sniff test (I am an epidemiologist).
By and large, they found no difference between injury rates on turf and grass."
www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2019/1/7/turf-and-injuries-the-data-hurts
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 11, 2019 3:11:58 GMT -5
My mistake and accept my apology. I didn't read the post in detail....Demski getting injured when she did (a month after signing her LOI) makes my complaint null and void. General comment: statistically, young teen and women athletes have ACL injuries at a rate higher than men. Needs to be figured out why and if there's something that can be done to reduce them. I heard it had to do with wider hips putting more strain on the knee but I have to find the study.
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 11, 2019 3:15:30 GMT -5
My mistake and accept my apology. I didn't read the post in detail....Demski getting injured when she did (a month after signing her LOI) makes my complaint null and void. General comment: statistically, young teen and women athletes have ACL injuries at a rate higher than men. Needs to be figured out why and if there's something that can be done to reduce them. I heard it had to do with wider hips putting more strain on the knee but I have to find the study. Here is a study that goes into the mechanics of it www.nebh.org/blog/why-do-female-athletes-suffer-more-acl-injuries-than-males/
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Post by lou on Dec 11, 2019 9:35:55 GMT -5
No mention of hips
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 11, 2019 9:58:01 GMT -5
As a track coach, I have seen some studies of that, but can't put my hand on them right now. One thing I used with my girls in track...draw a straight line on the ground, then have a boy run along it. Each of his feet will stay on the same side of the line (right foot on right side, etc). Then have a girl do the same thing and her feet will cross over the line (right foot on the left side and left on the right). The wider hips put greater torque on the knees and lower back. That is why good running shoes are so important. Even 1/32nd to 1/16th of an inch of wear at the heel will exaggerate that torque and change the foot position for the runner. Now, how this translates to soccer with stops, starts and cutting, I have no clear idea.
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