Amateur football pitches : mechanical properties of the natural ground and of different artificial turf infills and their biomechanical implications

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Fußballfelder im Amateursport : mechanische Eigenschaften von natürlichen Untergründen und verschiedener künstlicher Bodenbeläge und ihre biomechanischen Eigenschaften
Autor:Zanetti, Elisabetta M.; Bignardi, Cristina; Franceschini, Giordano; Audenino, Alberto L.
Erschienen in:Journal of sports sciences
Veröffentlicht:31 (2013), 7, S. 767-778, Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Gedruckte Ressource
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:0264-0414, 1466-447X
DOI:10.1080/02640414.2012.750005
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Erfassungsnummer:PU201403003217
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Abstract

Artificial turf is being used more and more often. It is more available than natural turf for use, requires much less maintenance and new products are able to comply with sport performance and athletes’ safety. The purpose of this paper is to compare the mechanical and biomechanical responses of two different artificial turf infills (styrene butadiene rubber, from granulated vehicle tires, and thermoplastic rubber granules) and to compare them to the performance of natural fields where amateurs play (beaten earth, substantially). Three mechanical parameters have been calculated from laboratory tests: energy storage, energy losses and surface traction coefficient; results have been correlated with peak accelerations recorded on an instrumented athlete, on the field. The natural ground proved to be stiffer (-15% penetration depth for a given load), and to have a lower dynamic traction coefficient (-48%); the different kinds of infill showed significantly different stiffnesses (varying by more than 23%) and damping behaviour (varying by more than 31%). In running, peak vertical accelerations were lowest in the artificial ground with thermoplastic rubber granules, while, in slalom, both artificial grounds produced higher horizontal peak accelerations compared to the natural ground. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for athletic performance and injury risk. Verf.-Referat