Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff School of Sport, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
J Sports Sci. 2013;31(8):878-86. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2012.757340. Epub 2013 Jan 15.
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.
尽管人造草皮在足球中越来越受欢迎，但很少有研究调查使用的场地类型是否会改变比赛，也没有研究比较在人造和自然场地上进行足球活动的生理反应。在本研究中，参与者在高质量的人造和自然场地上进行了足球比赛模拟。无论是平均心率（171±9 次/分钟 vs. 171±9 次/分钟；P>0.05）还是血乳酸（4.8±1.6 mM vs. 5.3±1.8 mM；P>0.05）在人造和自然表面之间均无差异。虽然通过比赛模拟，冲刺、跳跃和敏捷性表现的测量值均有所下降，但场地类型并未影响表现的下降。例如，重复冲刺的疲劳指数在人造表面（6.9±2.1%）和自然表面（7.4±2.4%）之间没有差异（P>0.05）。冲刺后转身的能力受到场地类型的影响，但这种差异取决于转弯的类型。尽管在人造和自然表面之间进行某些运动的能力存在微小差异，但结果表明，使用本研究中的高质量场地，足球活动的疲劳和生理反应在表面类型之间没有明显差异。
