Table 5

Number of all injuries (n=106) and exposure (the total number of runs, n=8734) in the different disciplines during World Cup/World Ski Championship competitions

Injuries; n (knee injuries)Exposure (runs)Incidence (injuries per 1000 runs)RRKnee injury incidence (injuries per 1000 runs)RR
DisciplineMenWomenMenWomenMenWomenTotalMen versus womenMenWomenTotalMen versus women
Ski cross34 (11)27 (8)2054124016.6 (11.0 to 22.1)21.8 (13.6 to 30.0)18.5 (13.9 to 23.2)0.76 (0.46 to 1.26)5.4 (2.2 to 8.5)6.5 (2.0 to 10.9)5.8 (3.2 to 8.4)0.83 (0.33 to 2.06)
Moguls/dual moguls17 (7)5 (2)147790611.5 (6.0 to 17.0)5.5 (0.7 to 10.4)9.2 (5.4 to 13.1)2.09 (0.77 to 5.65)4.7 (1.2 to 8.3)2.2*(0 to 5.3)3.8 (1.3 to 6.2)2.15 (0.45 to 10.3)
Halfpipe8 (1)2 (0)25816131.0 (9.5 to 52.5)12.4*(0 to 29.6)23.9 (9.1 to 38.7)2.50 (0.53 to 11.8)3.9*(0 to 11.5)0*2.4*(0 to 7.1)
Aerials7 (1)6 (1)40527317.3 (4.5 to 30.1)22.0 (4.4 to 39.6)19.2 (8.8 to 29.6)0.79 (0.26 to 2.34)2.5*(0 to 7.3)3.7*(0 to 10.8)2.9*(0 to 7.0)0.67 (0.04 to 10.8)
Total66 (20)40 (11)4194258015.7 (11.9 to 19.5)15.5 (10.7 to 20.3)15.6 (12.7 to 18.6)1.02 (0.69 to 1.50)4.8 (2.7 to 6.9)4.3 (1.7 to 6.8)4.6 (3.0 to 6.2)1.12 (0.54 to 2.33)
  • Injury incidence is shown with 95% CI for all injuries in the different disciplines among male and female skiers as well as for knee injuries only (n=31), as well as the RR for men versus women.

  • * Less than 5 cases and need to be interpreted with caution.