Football players get more concussions on natural grass than on artificial turf


Wearing protective headhear can minimise the impact of violent collisions and cut down on concussions. — AFP

As football season kicks off this fall, a new study suggests that players on certain fields could be at a higher risk of suffering a concussion.

The study, which was conducted by researchers at UT Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, United States, and published last month in the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, looked at 62 football players between 10 and 24 years old who had had a concussion.

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