title: The correlation between anterior cruciate ligament injury in elite alpine skiers and their parents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
  
  
  METHODS
  III.
authors.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.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Westin
authors.affiliation: Brommaplans Physiotherapy, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reeds-Lundqvist
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Box 5605, 114 27, Stockholm, Sweden.|Capio Artro Clinic, Sophiahemmet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Werner
mesh_terms: D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D012865:Skiing / Q000293:injuries*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Alpine skiing; Family history; Genetic and sport injury prevention; Risk factors
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