Editing FieldTurf (section)

==Safety==
Some evidence shows higher player injury on artificial turf. In a study performed by the National Football League Injury and Safety Panel, published in the October 2012 issue of the ''American Journal of Sports Medicine'', Elliott B. Hershman ''et al.'' reviewed injury data from NFL games played between 2000 and 2009. They wrote, "...the injury rate of knee sprains as a whole was 22% higher on FieldTurf than on natural grass. While MCL sprains did not occur at a rate significantly higher than on grass, rates of ACL sprains were 67% higher on FieldTurf."<ref>{{cite web|author=David Geier|url=http://www.drdavidgeier.com/ask-dr-geier-acl-tears-on-natural-grass-or-fieldturf/|title=Is an ACL tear more common on artificial turf or grass?|date=January 18, 2013|website=drdavidgeier.com|access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref>

Studies of the safety of FieldTurf are conflicting. A five-year study funded by FieldTurf and published in the ''American Journal of Sports Medicine'' found that injury rates for high-school sports were similar on natural grass and synthetic turf. However, notable differences in the types of injuries were found. Athletes playing on synthetic turf sustained more skin injuries and muscle strains, while those who played on natural grass were more susceptible to concussions and ligament tears.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athleticturf.net/athleticturf/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=130784|title=Study compares high school athlete injuries on natural turf and FieldTurf|work=Athletic Turf News|access-date=October 27, 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824092758/http://www.athleticturf.net/athleticturf/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=130784|archive-date=August 24, 2006|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2010, another FieldTurf-funded but peer-reviewed study was published in the ''American Journal of Sports Medicine'', this time on NCAA Division I-A football, concluding that in many cases, games played on FieldTurf-branded products led to fewer injuries than those played on natural grass.<ref>{{cite journal
 |title       = Incidence, Mechanisms, and Severity of Game-Related College Football Injuries on FieldTurf Versus Natural Grass A 3-Year Prospective Study
 |author      = Meyers, Michael C
 |journal     = The American Journal of Sports Medicine
 |volume      = 38
 |issue       = 4
 |pages       = 687–697
 |year        = 2010
 |publisher   = American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
 |url         = http://www.sd129.org/database/district/downloads/district/College%20Safety%20Study-b.pdf
 |doi         = 10.1177/0363546509352464
 |pmid = 20075177
 |s2cid = 28236245
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130522072133/http://www.sd129.org/database/district/downloads/district/College%20Safety%20Study-b.pdf
 |archive-date = May 22, 2013
 |df          = mdy-all
}}</ref>  However, the NFL's Injury and Safety Panel presented a study finding that anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries happened 88% more often in games played on FieldTurf than in games played on grass.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4988136 |title=Panel: Knee, ankle injury higher on turf |date=March 12, 2010|website=[[ESPN]]|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref>  In 2012, the Injury and Safety Panel published an independently funded analysis of actual game data over the 2000–2009 seasons. Their statistically significant findings showed a 67% higher rate of ACL sprains and 31% higher rate of eversion ankle sprains.<ref>{{Cite journal
 | pmid = 22972855
| year = 2012
| last1 = Hershman
| first1 = E. B.
| title = An analysis of specific lower extremity injury rates on grass and Field ''Turf'' playing surfaces in National Football League Games: 2000–2009 seasons
| journal = The American Journal of Sports Medicine
| volume = 40
| issue = 10
| pages = 2200–5
| last2 = Anderson
| first2 = R
| last3 = Bergfeld
| first3 = J. A.
| last4 = Bradley
| first4 = J. P.
| last5 = Coughlin
| first5 = M. J.
| last6 = Johnson
| first6 = R. J.
| last7 = Spindler
| first7 = K. P.
| last8 = Wojtys
| first8 = E
| last9 = Powell
| first9 = J. W.
| author10 = National Football League Injury Safety Panel
| doi = 10.1177/0363546512458888
| last11 = Casolaro
| first11 = M. A.
| last12 = Mayer
| first12 = T.
| last13 = Pellman
| first13 = E.
| last14 = Tessendorf
| first14 = W.
| last15 = Tucker
| first15 = A.
| s2cid = 35714533
}}</ref>