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
RankMean rank
RFR
Rank∑Rank
points
WC level
 1Changing snow conditions12212.3023
 2System ski, plate, binding, boot7122.7157
 3Aggressive snow conditions5162.66410
EC level
 1Fatigue5912.4312
 2Changing snow conditions5912.5123
 3Physical aspects3552.76611
 3Bad visibility4432.88811
FIS-race level
 1Changing snow conditions8312.5856
 2Physical aspects5142.5337
 3Course maintenance during race4162.57410
  • EC, European Cup; FIS-race, International Ski Federation (FIS) race; WC, World Cup.