- Title
- Injury risk associated with ground hardness in junior cricket
- Creator
- Twomey, Dara; White, Peta; Finch, Caroline
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/43793
- Identifier
- vital:4272
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2011.08.005
- Identifier
- ISSN:1440-2440
- Abstract
- To establish if there is an association between ground hardness and injury risk in junior cricket. Nested case-series of players who played matches on specific grounds with objective ground hardness measures, within a prospective cohort study of junior community club cricket players. Monitoring of injuries and playing exposure occurred during 434 matches over the 2007/2008 playing season. Objective assessment of the hardness of 38 grounds was undertaken using a Clegg hammer at 13 sites on 19 different junior cricket grounds on the match eve across the season. Hardness readings were classified from unacceptably low (<30 g) to unacceptably high (>120 g) and two independent raters assessed the likelihood of each injury being related to ground hardness. Injuries sustained on tested grounds were related to the ground hardness measures. Overall, 31 match injuries were reported; 6.5% were rated as likely to be related to ground hardness, 16.1% as possibly related and 74.2% as unlikely to be related and 3.2% unknown. The two injuries likely to be related to ground hardness were sustained while diving to catch a ball resulting, in a graze/laceration from contact with hard ground. Overall, 31/38 (82%) ground assessments were rated as having 'unacceptably high' hardness and all others as 'high/normal' hardness. Only one injury occurred on an objectively tested ground. It remains unclear if ground hardness is a contributing factor to the most common injury mechanism of being struck by the ball, and needs to be confirmed in future larger-scale studies. © 2011 Sports Medicine Australia.
- Relation
- Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Vol.15 , no.2 (2011), p.110-115; http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/565900
- Rights
- Copyright Sports Medicine Australia
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Clegg hammer; Ground hardness; Injury risk; Junior cricket; 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; 1116 Medical Physiology; 1117 Public Health and Health Services
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