BACKGROUND Artificial turf is becoming increasingly popular, although the risk of injury on newer generations of turf is unknown. AIM To investigate the risk of injury on artificial turf compared with natural grass among young female football players. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS 2020 players from 109 teams (mean (SD) 15.4 (0.8) years) participated in the study during th...

Enrichment of surface waters with excess nutrients is associated with increased algal blooms, euthrophication and hypoxic zones, as reported in the northern Gulf of Mexico. A source of nutrients to surface waters results from fertilizer runoff. Management strategies used to maintain turf on golf courses and recreational fields often include aerification and application of fertilizer. Although r...

In recent years agricultural practices in New England have undergone dramatic changes. Traditional dryland crops such as potatoes and silage corn have been replaced by irrigated “landscape” crops; specifically turf and nursery crops. For example, commercial sod production in Rhode Island has risen from 200 acres in 1972 to over 2,500 acres in 1986, while potato acreage has shown a similm declin...

Science-based, holistic, site-specific water conservation practices can reduce water use on turfgrass sites without adversely affecting turfgrass performance. However, when water use is decreased below a certain threshold, performance declines. Water conservation measures that reduce turfgrass performance essentially decrease its economic, environmental, recreational, and aesthetic values, whic...

EVERY GREENKEEPER heaves a sigh of relief when he realizes that another summer, with all the worries that with it, has passed. There is always more -or less injury to fine turf on golf ccmrsee during the extreme summer weather atid usually some particular area of the country gets more than its share of turf trouble. This summer has probably set a record for the wide extent of putting green twrf...

OBJECTIVE To compare injury risk in elite football played on artificial turf compared with natural grass. DESIGN Prospective two-cohort study. SETTING Male European elite football leagues. PARTICIPANTS 290 players from 10 elite European clubs that had installed third-generation artificial turf surfaces in 2003-4, and 202 players from the Swedish Premier League acting as a control group. ...

Metatarsophalengeal joint injuries of great toe termed as ''turf toe" can occur in many sportive activities. However, it has not been reported before in taekwondoo players. These injuries may result in significant morbidity. Turf toe injuries, which are mainly treated with conservative methods, occasionally require surgery. In this case report, we present a surgically treated turf toe in a taek...

Solution and suspension N sources have been developed as substitutes Cor urea in spray solutions used by lawn-care proCessionals. A field study was conducted to evaluate the response of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa prarensis L.) growing on a Catlin silt loam (Typic ArgiudoLl), to applications oC the nell' solution and suspension N sources, alone or combined with urea, by comparison to turC response ...

The TURF Framework enables usability analysts evaluate EHRs by analyzing work tasks, users, representations, and functionality. Currently the TURF framework does not have a focus on evaluating clinical workflows across multiple tasks or across individuals . Because clinical workflows are vital to the successful implementation of an EHR, this study will augment the capabilities of the TURF usabi...

C O M E 200 green-chairmen, greenkecp^ erg, and others interested in prohlems of turf maintenance assembled Monday morning. September 16, for the third annual turf meeting sponsored by the USGA Green Section and the Greenkeeping Superintendents' Association. A twoday program was arranged this year to inrlude a review (1) of the experimental work in progress on the Arlington turf garden, (2) the...