Table 1: Type of world cup competition, gender, age, type of knee injuries, world cup ranking before and after the injury, Tegner score before and 30 years after the injury and follow-up time of four alpine and one freestyle mogul skiers.

Competition

 

Gender

Age at injury

Injury type

World cup ranking before injury

Highest World cup ranking after injury

Downhill

Male

25

ACL, MCL

2

2

Downhill

Male

22

ACL, PL

85

27

Downhill

Male

26

ACL, previous bilateral ACL

20

11

Freestyle

Male

25

ACL, PCL, MCL tendons, fracture

2

15

Giant slalom

Female

19

ACL, PCL, MCL

7

-

Median

 

25

 

7

13

Range

 

(19-26)

 

(2-85)

(2-27)

 

Tegner score

before injury

Tegner score 30

Years after injury

Follow-up

Time (years)

8

6

30

8

4

29

8

7

31

8

6

30

8

6

31

8

6

30

(8-8)

(4-7)

(29-31)

ACL: Anterior Cruciate Ligament; MCL: Medial Collateral Ligament; PL: Patellar Ligament; PCL: Posterior Cruciate Ligament; LCL: Lateral Collateral Ligament.