Table 4.

Risk factor rating (RFR), that is, stakeholders’ top three priorities of perceived key injury risk factor categories regarding their potential impact on injury risk per level in dependency of the competition level

Perceived priority	Key injury risk factor category	Mentions in RFR	Rank	Mean rank RFR	Rank	∑Rank points
WC level
1	Changing snow conditions	122	1	2.30	2	3
2	System ski, plate, binding, boot	71	2	2.71	5	7
3	Aggressive snow conditions	51	6	2.66	4	10
EC level
1	Fatigue	59	1	2.43	1	2
2	Changing snow conditions	59	1	2.51	2	3
3	Physical aspects	35	5	2.76	6	11
3	Bad visibility	44	3	2.88	8	11
FIS-race level
1	Changing snow conditions	83	1	2.58	5	6
2	Physical aspects	51	4	2.53	3	7
3	Course maintenance during race	41	6	2.57	4	10

EC, European Cup; FIS-race, International Ski Federation (FIS) race; WC, World Cup.