Artificial sport surfaces, for team outdoor sports, are growing in number in many sports
including soccer (association football), rugby, hockey, and football (American and …

Background Turning or cutting on a planted foot may be an important inciting event for lower
limb injury, particularly when shoe-surface traction is high. We systematically reviewed the …

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 …

The traction forces produced between an athlete's footwear and the playing surface are a
crucial factor influencing a player's performance. Four primary factors affecting traction have …

Background: Footwear is the most relevant tool of a footballer's gear and has to cope with
the individual sport-specific demands of the athlete. The challenge in the development of a …

OBJECTIVES: To identify studies which address the relationship between ground conditions
and injury, in a sporting context and to evaluate current practice and provide …

Association football (soccer) is the highest participation global sport and a multibilliondollar
industry. The disclosed annual spend on professional player transfers in the English Premier …

The traction forces generated during studded boot‐surface interactions affect player
performance and injury risk. Over 20 years of empirical research into traction on third …

The existing knowledge of traction on artificial turf is based almost exclusively on
mechanical devices. While most attention has traditionally been concentrated on rotational …

An improved understanding of studded shoe-surface interactions is needed to optimise
athletic performance in soccer. Soccer studs are required to penetrate the playing surface …