Table 4.
Overuse-related knee complaints of youth female and male competitive alpine skiers
| Overuse-related knee complaints | Overall (n=108) |
Women (n=42) |
Men (n=66) |
χ2 | P value |
| ≥1 clinical complaint | 51 (47.2) | 21 (50.0) | 30 (45.5) | 0.112 | 0.738 |
| Distal patellar tendon complaint | 19 (17.6) | 5 (11.9) | 14 (21.2) | 1.264 | 0.261 |
| Proximal patellar tendon complaint | 20 (18.5) | 9 (21.4) | 11 (16.7) | 0.314 | 0.575 |
| Indistinct overuse complaint | 18 (16.7) | 9 (21.4) | 9 (13.6) | 0.935 | 0.334 |
Prevalence data are expressed as the number of skiers with specific clinical indications, as well as their percentage proportion (number of subjects affected/total number of subjects per group or subgroup * 100; (%)) in brackets. Level of significance for sex differences are based on Pearson’s χ2 tests. There were no significant results at p<0.05.