Citation

Westin M, Reeds-Lundqvist S, Werner S. Knee Surg. Sports Traumatol. Arthrosc. 2014; 24(3): 697-701.

Affiliation

Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Box 5605, 114 27, Stockholm, Sweden, maria.westin.3@ki.se.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00167-014-2974-9

PMID

24728415

Abstract

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.

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