http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:9290 Wed 07 Apr 2021 13:54:30 AEST ]]> http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4275 Wed 07 Apr 2021 13:43:43 AEST ]]> http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4272 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.]]> Wed 07 Apr 2021 13:43:43 AEST ]]> http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3843 Wed 07 Apr 2021 13:34:54 AEST ]]>