TABLE 4.

Perceived injury risk factors derived from interviews within the basic categories of athlete, course, equipment, and snow (in alphabetical order).

Athlete	Course	Equipment	Snow
Aspects of body temperature	Poor visibility	Binding/plate	Aggressive snow conditions
Athlete’s adaptability	Course maintenance during race	Gates (panels and poles)	Changing snow conditions*
Athlete’s crash behavior	Course setting in general	Protectors and helmets	Smooth snow surface
Athlete’s individual responsibility	Jumps	Racing suits	Techniques in snow preparation
Athlete’s race preparation	Level of course difficulty	Ski
Fatigue	Safety net position and spill zone	Ski boot
Genetics and anthropometry	Speed and course setting aspects*	System ski, plate, binding and boot*
Physical aspects*	Speed and topographic aspects
Psychological aspects	Speed in general*
Pre-injury aspects	Topography in general
Skiing technique and tactics

* Top five key injury risk factors.