Finnish Youth Footballers' Perceptions on Artificial Turf: A Survey Research
Finnish youth football players consider injury risk to increase on artificial turf. Based on our study, this opinion is related to players' age. Many perceptions on artificial turf were relatively positive compared to previous studies, which could be explained with the familiarity of the surface among the respondents.
Authors
- Matias Vaajala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1294-6173)
- Lauri Nyrhi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6291-4869)
- Ville Immonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0249-1702)
- Oskari Pakarinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0159-5830)
- Ilari Kuitunen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8178-9610)
Institutions
- Tampere University (FI)
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- Kuopio University Hospital (FI)
- Päijät-Hämeen Keskussairaala (FI)
- Central Finland Health Care District (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Science Reports
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.71594
- Primary Topic
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00