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Paliobeis A, Sivasundaram L, Knapik DM, Labelle MW, Olson M, Karns MR, Salata MJ, Voos JE. Injury incidence is higher on artificial turf compared with natural grass in high school athletes: a retrospective cohort study. CURRENT ORTHOPAEDIC PRACTICE 2021. [DOI: 10.1097/bco.0000000000001012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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ABSTRACT Advancements in technology and the economic desires to maximize use of athletic playing surfaces have led to the development of various playing surfaces across the spectrum of sports. Each of these surfaces possesses specific safety profiles which are sport and population specific. Despite the growing medical literature on outdoor playing surfaces, inconsistent data exist on both orthopedic injuries and general medical concerns, such as surface component exposure toxicity and infection risk. Unfortunately, there is a paucity of data regarding various indoor playing surfaces and their effects on injury risk; this is an area ripe for further medical investigation. Understanding the differences in various play surfaces and their associated injury and health concerns is crucial for all medical staff providing care to athletes across the spectrum of skill and competition.
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Omaha, NE
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center & Offutt Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, Omaha, NE
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Valeriani F, Margarucci LM, Gianfranceschi G, Ciccarelli A, Tajani F, Mucci N, Ripani M, Romano Spica V. Artificial-turf surfaces for sport and recreational activities: microbiota analysis and 16S sequencing signature of synthetic vs natural soccer fields. Heliyon 2019; 5:e02334. [PMID: 31517095 PMCID: PMC6728760 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 08/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Synthetic fibres are used in place of the natural grass worldwide, for realizing playgrounds, soccer fields and even domestic gardens or recreational structures. An intensive use of artificial turf is currently observed in sports facilities, due to lower costs, higher sustainability in recycling of materials, and advantages related to athletic practice and performance. However, even if chemical and physical risks were studied, the microbiological component was not fully addressed, especially considering a comprehensive evaluation of the microbiota in synthetic vs natural playground surfaces. Here, we investigated the microbial community present on soccer fields, using Next Generation Sequencing and a 16S amplicon sequencing approach. Artificial and natural turfs show own ecosystems with different microbial profiles and a mean Shannon's diversity value of 2.176 and 2.475, respectively. The bacterial community is significantly different between facilities (ANOSIM: R = 0.179; p < 0.001) and surface materials (ANOSIM: R = 0.172; p < 0.005). The relative abundance of potentially pathogenic bacterial OTUs was higher in synthetic than in natural samples (ANOVA, F = 2.2). Soccer fields are characterized by their own microbiota, showing a different 16S amplicon sequencing signature between natural and artificial turfs.
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- Federica Valeriani
- University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Public Health Unit, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Public Health Unit, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Public Health Unit, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Public Health Unit, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Public Health Unit, Rome, Italy
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- INAIL, Department of Technological Innovations and Safety of Plants, Products and Anthropic Settlements, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Public Health Unit, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Public Health Unit, Rome, Italy
- Corresponding author.
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