The correlation between anterior cruciate ligament injury in elite alpine skiers and their parents

Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate whether a familiar correlation with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury exists between competitive alpine skiers and their parents. Methods All 593 (293 males, 300 females) elite alpine skiers who have studied at a Swedish alpine Ski High School d...

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Published in:Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2016-03, Vol.24 (3), p.697-701
Main Authors: Westin, Maria, Reeds-Lundqvist, Sandra, Werner, Suzanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Athletic Injuries - epidemiology
Cohort Studies
Families & family life
Female
Females
Humans
Investigations
Joint and ligament injuries
Knee
Male
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Orthopedics
Parents
Parents & parenting
Questionnaires
Risk factors
Secondary schools
Skiing
Skiing - injuries
Sports injuries
Students
Surveys and Questionnaires
Sweden - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate whether a familiar correlation with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury exists between competitive alpine skiers and their parents. Methods All 593 (293 males, 300 females) elite alpine skiers who have studied at a Swedish alpine Ski High School during 2006 and 2012 answered a questionnaire whether they or their parents had suffered an ACL injury. A total of 418 skiers (70 %) answered the questionnaire. Results Twenty-nine per cent ( n  = 19) out of the 65 ACL-injured skiers reported that they had a parent (mother or father) who have had an ACL injury. In skiers without an ACL injury ( n  = 353), the result was 18 % ( n  = 64). An odds ratio of 1.95 (95 % confidence interval 1.04–3.65) was found to suffer an ACL injury if you have a parent who has had an ACL injury compared with if you have a parent without any ACL injury. Conclusion The findings of the current study demonstrated a family history to tear the ACL between alpine skiers who had studied at a Swedish Ski High School and ACL injuries of their parents. Level of evidence III.
ISSN:0942-2056
1433-7347
1433-7347
DOI:10.1007/s00167-014-2974-9