Acute Injury Risk and Severity in Indoor Climbing—A Prospective Analysis of 515,337 Indoor Climbing Wall Visits in 5 Years

• Published in: Wilderness & environmental medicine Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 187 - 194
• Main Authors: Schöffl, Volker R., MD, PhD, MHBA, Hoffmann, Georg, Küpper, Thomas, MD, PhD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Elsevier Inc 01.09.2013; SAGE Publications
• Subjects: Accidental Falls - statistics & numerical data; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Athletic Injuries - epidemiology; bouldering; Child; climbing injury; Emergency; Female; Germany - epidemiology; Humans; indoor climbing; injury risk; Lower Extremity - injuries; Male; Middle Aged; Mountaineering - injuries; Population Surveillance; rock climbing; Sports; Upper Extremity - injuries; Young Adult; Germany; bouldering; rock climbing; injury risk; indoor climbing; climbing injury

Objective Rock climbing’s popularity continues to rise, with people of all ages regularly participating in the sport. Climbing literature suggests climbers get injured mostly in their upper extremities. Most studies on climbing injury analysis are conducted retrospectively, with all the inherent pro...