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Sports Medicine, 1995
Rock climbing has become increasingly popular in the past decade. However, the increased participation exposes a greater number of climbers to potential injury. The risks involved with climbing increase in proportion to the skill-level of the climber: the higher the skill-level, the more hours are required for training and on more difficult routes. The
J C, Haas, M C, Meyers
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Rock climbing has become increasingly popular in the past decade. However, the increased participation exposes a greater number of climbers to potential injury. The risks involved with climbing increase in proportion to the skill-level of the climber: the higher the skill-level, the more hours are required for training and on more difficult routes. The
J C, Haas, M C, Meyers
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Sports Medicine, 1997
Three-quarters of elite and recreational sport climbers will suffer upper extremity injuries. Approximately 60% of these injuries will involve the hand and wrist, the other 40% will be equally divided between the elbow and the shoulder. Most injuries will be tendonopathies secondary to strains, microtrauma or flexor retinacular irritation.
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Three-quarters of elite and recreational sport climbers will suffer upper extremity injuries. Approximately 60% of these injuries will involve the hand and wrist, the other 40% will be equally divided between the elbow and the shoulder. Most injuries will be tendonopathies secondary to strains, microtrauma or flexor retinacular irritation.
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Mountaineering and Rock-Climbing Accidents
The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1982In brief There were 71,655 rock climbers and mountaineers in the Grand Teton National Park from 1970 to 1980, and there were 144 accidents and 30 deaths. Because all climbers are required to register with park officials before climbing, accurate incidence rates can be determined.
Lee C, Schussman, Lawrence J, Lutz
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Imaging of Rock Climbing Injuries
Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology, 2005Competition climbing has grown increasingly in popularity, and many people are being drawn to this sport with a parallel increase in the occurrence of sport-related injuries. One of the most common and unique lesions occurring in the rock climbing population is the closed rupture of the flexor pulley system of the fingers.
MARTINOLI, CARLO, S. Bianchi, A. Cotten
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Space and Culture, 2007
This article develops some contemporary themes in writing about humans and nature through a focus on the cultures, practices, and representations of rock climbing. Although as people our cultural-conceptual legacy weighs heavily on us, and the human-nature and culture-nature dichotomies are not entirely escapable, it is possible to think differently ...
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This article develops some contemporary themes in writing about humans and nature through a focus on the cultures, practices, and representations of rock climbing. Although as people our cultural-conceptual legacy weighs heavily on us, and the human-nature and culture-nature dichotomies are not entirely escapable, it is possible to think differently ...
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The Physiology of Rock Climbing
Sports Medicine, 2006In general, elite climbers have been characterised as small in stature, with low percentage body fat and body mass. Currently, there are mixed conclusions surrounding body mass and composition, potentially because of variable subject ability, method of assessment and calculation.
Luisa V, Giles +2 more
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The Effect of Simulating Climbing Movements on Rock Memory and Exploratory Movement in Rock Climbing
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2022Simulating climbing movements on a given route is important for fluent rock climbing. We investigated the effect of simulated action during rock climbing route finding on memory and exploratory movement. Participants were 12 climbers and 12 non-climbers who completed three experimental tasks: (a) a questionnaire, the Vividness of Movement Imagery ...
Takahiro Sugi +2 more
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Hand Injuries in Rock Climbing
The Journal of Hand Surgery, 2011c a i l o d n g a s l In B ri ef ROCK CLIMBING HAS gained tremendous popularity in recent decades, causing more people to be exposed to injuries associated with the unique iomechanical forces of rock climbing. In a recent urvey of 205 active British rock climbers, 50% had ustained at least one injury in the past 12 months.
Andrew L, Merritt, Jerry I, Huang
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Perfect Beat, 2015
Despite its small scale, the NZ music industry is a useful example of the tensions that exist between the centre and the periphery in the global music industry. It also provides a test case of the validity of cultural imperialism thesis, and illustrates debates over the nature of local and cultural identity vis-a-vis trends towards globalisation in the
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Despite its small scale, the NZ music industry is a useful example of the tensions that exist between the centre and the periphery in the global music industry. It also provides a test case of the validity of cultural imperialism thesis, and illustrates debates over the nature of local and cultural identity vis-a-vis trends towards globalisation in the
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Suicide Attempts by Rock‐Climbing Falls
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1978ABSTRACT: The true intent of a suicidal act is sometimes masked by it appearing as an “accident.” Two cases are reported that present a unique opportunity to study suicide attempts that took the form of rock‐climbing “falls” and to study the two people who chose this way to die.
D W, Krueger, R, Hutcherson
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