TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Effects of playing surface on physiological responses and performance variables in a controlled football simulation
JO  - Journal of sports sciences
A1  - Hughes, Michael G.
A1  - Birdsey, Laurence
A1  - Meyers, Rob
A1  - Newcombe, Daniel
A1  - Oliver, Jon Lee
A1  - Smith, Paul M.
A1  - Stembridge, Michael
A1  - Stone, Keeron
A1  - Kerwin, David George
SP  - 878
EP  - 886
VL  - 31
IS  - 8
N2  - In spite of the increased acceptance of artificial turf in football, few studies have investigated if matches are altered by the type of surface used and no research has compared physiological responses to football activity on artificial and natural surfaces. In the present study, participants performed a football match simulation on high-quality artificial and natural surfaces. Neither mean heart rate (171 ± 9 beats · min(-1) vs. 171 ± 9 beats · min(-1); P > 0.05) nor blood lactate (4.8 ± 1.6 mM vs. 5.3 ± 1.8 mM; P > 0.05) differed between the artificial and natural surface, respectively. Measures of sprint, jumping and agility performance declined through the match simulation but surface type did not affect the decrease in performance. For example, the fatigue index of repeated sprints did not differ (P > 0.05) between the artificial, (6.9 ± 2.1%) and natural surface (7.4 ± 2.4%). The ability to turn after sprinting was affected by surface type but this difference was dependent on the type of turn. Although there were small differences in the ability to perform certain movements between artificial and natural surfaces, the results suggest that fatigue and physiological responses to football activity do not differ markedly between surface-type using the high-quality pitches of the present study.    Keywords: Soccer<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0264-0414
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2012.757340
ID  - ref1
ER  -