CHICAGO — Athletes may have an increased rate of foot and ankle injuries when playing on artificial turf compared with natural grass, according to results of a systematic literature review presented here.
“There may be an increased rate of injury in foot and ankle across the board on artificial turf, and that is taking all comers across all sports. We did find, as well, there seemed to be increased rates of overall injury and knee injury on artificial turf, for football specifically, but that did not apply to soccer and other sports that were examined,” Heath P. Gould, MD, of