A survey of injuries in field hockey players in relation to playing surface

Field hockey is one of the most popular team sport in the world and is thought to be the forerunners of all stick and ball games. Injuries in hockey are numerous and can be serious. Despite the sports apparent popularity, the data on injury rates among field hockey players are limited. Most of the research on field hockey was completed over 6 years ago, but the game has undergone significant changes since that time.

To examine the injuries in field hockey players in relation to playing surfaces.

District, state, university, national, international hockey players (N=407) completed the survey questionnaire. They reported personal characteristics (age, height, weight), field hockey information (level, years of experiences, surface), injury history (type, site, cause, severity), and back pain information.

In overall injuries, 64.87% injuries occurred in training on natural grass and 35.13% injuries occurred while training on artificial turf.

There is increase in number of injuries in grass as compared to artificial turf.