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Professional soccer players find artificial turf riskier: York U study

TORONTO, March 25, 2014 — Professional soccer players report higher risk of injury and longer recovery time from playing on artificial turf, when compared to natural grass fields, a new York University study reveals. They also believed that playing and training on artificial turf posed higher risk of sustaining non-contact injury. “Surface stiffness and friction, […]