In order to prevent knee injuries of skiers and to guide the surrounding hospitals of the ski resorts to provide better medical security for skiers, the injured locations, causes, types, natures and the degrees of injuries in cases of athletes with knee injuries admitted to the surrounding referral hospital in Zhangjiakou during the Beijing Winter Olympic Games are analyzed. The results showed that among a total of 40 sports injuries, knee injuries were 19 cases (47.5%), the causes of knee injuries were mainly falls (52.6%) and sprains (31.5%). The main types of injuries were ligament injuries (34.3%), meniscal injuries (28.5%), and bone contusions (22.9%). The main locations of injuries were anterior cruciate ligaments (20.0%), medial meniscuses (14.3%) and medial collateral ligaments (11.4%).The natures of injuries were mainly new injuries (78.9%), all injuries were caused by acute injuries.The degrees of injuries were predominantly moderate (73.7%) and minor (26.3%), with no severe injury. The results show that the proportion of athletes who went to surrounding referral hospital for treatment due to knee injuries during the Beijing Winter Olympics Games is the highest. Athletes daily training should reinforce their awareness of motor control of knees and self-protection in case of a fall. Each ski resort surrounding hospital should focus on the treatment and rehabilitation of ligament, meniscus and related combined injuries for sports injuries, and constantly improve the surgical procedures and rehabilitation processes to cope with the large number of knee injuries that may occur in the future snow seasons.

Winter Olympic Games;skiing;knee sports injury;surrounding referral hospital