Table 1

Demographics and crude data of alpine skiers, football and handball players at primary ACL reconstruction and at ACL graft revision. median with IQR (Q1–Q3)

All three sportsAlpine skiersFootball playersHandball player
Number of ACL reconstructions14 201269384983010
BPTB/HT grafts (%)36/6334/6636/6437/63
Female/males (%)44/5649/51*28/72*84/16*
Age at ACL reconstruction24 (16)†31 (19)†24 (13)†20 (13)†
Age at ACL revision22 (9)†22 (9)†23 (10)†21 (6)†
Number of ACL graft revisions711 (5%)102 (3.8%)‡425 (5%)‡184 (6.1%)‡
Females/males (%)50/5059/41§33/67§85/15§
  • *Significant difference (p<0.001) between female/male distribution in alpine skiers, football and handball players at ACL reconstruction.

  • †Significant difference (p<0.001) between age at ACL reconstruction and graft revision for athletes in each of the three sports.

  • ‡Significant difference (p<0.001) of ACL graft revisions in the three sports.

  • §Significant difference (p<0.001) between female/male distribution in the three sports at ACL graft revision.