Introduction Climbing is an increasingly popular activity and imposes specific physiological
demands on the human body, which results in unique injury presentations. Of particular …

To elucidate patterns of and risk factors for acute traumatic injuries in climbers in need of
professional rescue, a retrospective evaluation was performed of the Austrian National …

Rock climbing places substantial stress on the upper extremities and can lead to unique
injuries not common to other sports. With increasing popularity of the sport, hand surgeons …

Abstract Kwak, M, Succi, PJ, Benitez, B, Mitchinson, C, Samaan, MA, Abel, MG, and
Bergstrom, HC. Comparison of force, neuromuscular, and metabolic responses during …

Background: Finger epiphyseal growth plate stress injuries are the most frequent sport-
specific injuries in adolescent climbers. Definitive diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines are …

Objectives Competitive sport climbing has made its way to the Olympic stage. This prestige
has brought about route setting and training alterations which presumably affect injury …

Objectives Outdoor rock climbing has become popular in recent years. However, few data
have been published on climbing accidents in Switzerland, even though the Swiss Alps are …

Simple Summary Finger flexor tenosynovitis is among the most frequent overuse injuries in
sport climbers. Targeted therapy is currently based mostly on reports of the anecdotal …

Introduction Sport specialization has been shown to have negative effects on athletes but
has not been studied within rock climbing. This study seeks to evaluate the proportion and …

Purpose Injury prevalence patterns for climbers have been presented in several papers but
results are heterogenous largely due to a mix of included climbing disciplines and injury …