Table 5 Incidence (injuries/1000 player match hours) of match injuries on artificial turf and grass for male and female players as a function of the type of injury.
| 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 | 1.39 (0.75 to 2.58) | 1.22 (0.87 to 1.71) | 1.14 (0.56 to 2.30) | 0.72 | 0.71 (0.30 to 1.72) | 1.64 (1.27 to 2.10) | 0.44 (0.18 to 1.09) | 0.08 |
| Joint (non bone)/ligament/cartilage | 8.76 (6.84 to 11.21) | 7.52 (6.56 to 8.61) | 1.16 (0.88 to 1.54) | 0.29 | 7.72 (5.91 to 10.08) | 9.07 (8.15 to 10.09) | 0.85 (0.64 to 1.13) | 0.27 |
| Muscle/tendon | 5.70 (4.20 to 7.74) | 6.47 (5.59 to 7.49) | 0.88 (0.63 to 1.24) | 0.46 | 3.57 (2.41 to 5.29) | 3.17 (2.64 to 3.79) | 1.13 (0.73 to 1.74) | 0.58 |
| Contusion | 5.28 (3.84 to 7.26) | 6.33 (5.46 to 7.34) | 0.83 (0.59 to 1.18) | 0.31 | 4.57 (3.23 to 6.47) | 5.05 (4.37 to 5.82) | 0.91 (0.62 to 1.32) | 0.61 |
| Laceration/skin lesion | 1.81 (1.05 to 3.11) | 0.61 (0.38 to 0.98) | 2.95 (1.44 to 6.08) | <0.01 | 0.29 (0.07 to 1.14) | 0.24 (0.13 to 0.46) | 1.18 (0.26 to 5.5) | 0.83 |
| Central/peripheral nervous system | 2.36 (1.47 to 3.80) | 1.40 (1.02 to 1.92) | 1.68 (0.95 to 2.98) | 0.07 | 2.14 (1.29 to 3.56) | 2.31 (1.87 to 2.85) | 0.93 (0.54 to 1.61) | 0.79 |
| Other | 0.14 (0.02 to 0.99) | 0.36 (0.19 to 0.67) | 0.39 (0.05 to 3.02) | 0.36 | 0.14 (0.02 to 1.01) | 0.32 (0.18 to 0.57) | 0.44 (0.06 to 3.41) | 0.43 |