Soft tissue injury in extreme rock climbers.

British Journal of Sports Medicine - Tập 22 Số 4 - Trang 145-147 - 1988
Steve Bollen1
1Rheumatism Research Unit, University of Leeds.

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Rock climbing is an increasingly popular sport. Its standards of difficulty have undergone a revolution in the past ten years. Regular training is now almost mandatory for the aspiring climber, but little has been published about the patterns of soft tissue injury to which climbers are susceptible. This paper aims to identify some of the common injuries that may be encountered, some of which do not appear to be associated with other sports.

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Tài liệu tham khảo

Bannister, P. and Foster, P., 1986 'Upper Limb Injuries Associated with Rock Climbing". Brit.J.Sports Med. 20: 55.

British Mountaineering Council Annual Report 1987.

DISCUSSION A literature search has revealed only one previous paper on climbing injuries - a collection of four case reports (Bannister and Foster, 1986). As rock climbing becomes increasingly popular and the original dangers from falling are reduced by the quality of modern protection gear, injury problems related to the difficulty of the climbing and to overuse, assume increasing importance. With the competition for sponsorship and the limited fame of appearing in the climbing magazines becoming fiercer, the temptation to push beyond physical ability or overtrain grows ever stronger.

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British Journal of Sports Medicine

Tập 22 Số 4

145-147

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