Physiological Responses to Indoor Rock-Climbing and Their Relationship to Maximal Cycle Ergometry

Sheel, A. William; Seddon, Nicholas; Knight, Andrew; McKenzie, Donald C.; Warburton, Darren E. R.

doi:10.1249/01.mss.0000074443.17247.05

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“…Sport (or lead) climbing is when climbers ascend a climbing wall and clip a safety rope through a succession of bolt anchors along the route. These routes are established by professional route-setters 2,3 . These competitions take place year-round, and now will make way for climbers to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games, where rock climbing is going to be introduced for the first time as an Olympic Sport.…”

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Handgrip Fatigue and Forearm Girth in Intermediate Sport Rock Climbers

MacDonald¹,

Manning²,

Lee³

et al. 2019

Medicine &Amp; Science in Sports &Amp; Exercise

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iii Abstract Handgrip fatigue and forearm girth in intermediate sport rock climbers Background: Rock climbing has been increasing in popularity both recreationally and competitively. Indoor sport rock climbing is a type of climbing where the climber ascends a wall using artificial rocks (hand and foot holds) and is attached to a safety rope. Despite this increase in popularity of the sport, the physiological responses to sport climbing as an exercise to specific muscle groups are not well defined in literature. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to quantify the change in handgrip strength over a 30-minute bout of continuous climbing, specifically in intermediate sport climbers. An additional aim of this study was to quantify any change in forearm girth over a bout of climbing and compare it to the change in strength and to identify if there is a relationship between the two. Methods: Ten intermediate rock climbers [Age: 26.7±6.7 years; Height: 174.5±6.12 cm; Mass: 68.14±8.21 kg; Body Fat %: 15.75± .63 %; Years Climbing: 7.3±4.69 years;] consented to participate and completed baseline handgrip strength (via handgrip dynamometer) and forearm girth (via tape measure) measurements. A climbing questionnaire indicated their rock climbing ability and defined them as intermediate climbers. Each participant ascended one of two 5.9 routes as many times as possible in 30 minutes. After each ascent, heart rate was taken via 15 second radial palpation and handgrip strength and forearm girth was measured. Data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA and correlation at the p < .05 level. Results: Dominant handgrip strength decreased by 22% and non-dominant handgrip strength decreased by 23%. Dominant and non-dominant forearm girth increased by 4.4%. The average heart rate reached while climbing was 71±4.2 % of agepredicted HRmax. Conclusion: Our results show that over a 30 minute bout of climbing, intermediate sport climbers' handgrip strength decreases and forearm girth increases. iv

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Handgrip Fatigue and Forearm Girth in Intermediate Sport Rock Climbers

MacDonald¹,

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Lee³

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“…Los valores obtenidos en el test 2 sugieren que la demanda cardíaca no fue muy elevada, por lo que no se observaron diferencias significativas entre los escaladores de élite y recreativos. Sin embargo, otros autores han mostrado un notable increment en la tasa cardíaca durante la escalada, observando además que dicho parámetro se incrementa con la dificultad de la ruta (Janot, Steffen, Porcari, Maher, 2000;Schöffl, Mockel et al 2006;Sheel, 2004;Sheel, Seddon et al 2003;Watts y Drobish, 1998). Es necesaria más investigación para estudiar los cambios en la tasa cardíaca durante la escalada, así como las posibles diferencias entre escaladores expertos y ocasionales, ya que en este estudio no se pudo observar dicha diferencia.…”

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La resistencia de los músculos flexores de los dedos de la mano en escaladores / Evaluation Of Hand’s Fingers Flexor Muscles Endurance In Climbers

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Ramı́rez

Lancho

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“…Climbing is about sustained and intermittent isometric forearm muscle contractions [10]. During climbing the athletes can achieve up to 89% of their maximal heart rate in cycling and treadmill tests [10,11]. This comparably high heart rate is disproportional to the rise in oxygen consumption () [11].…”

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Cardiopulmonary exercise tests of adolescent elite sport climbers—a comparison of the German junior national team in sport climbing and nordic skiing

Schöffl

Wüstenfeld

Jones

et al. 2020

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Background: All the research investigating the cardiopulmonary capacity in climbers focused on predictors for climbing performance. The effects of climbing on the cardiovascular system in adolescents climbing at an elite level (national team) have not been evaluated.A retrospective analysis of the cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) performed on a cycle ergometer during the yearly medical examination of the entire German Junior National climbing team on one occasion and for a selected subgroup on two occasions spaced two years apart was undertaken. The data from the subgroup was compared to an age- and gender-matched control of nordic skiers from the German Junior National nordic skiing team.Results: 47 climbers (20 girls, 27 boys) were examined once. The peak oxygen consumption (B achieved by the athletes was 41.3 mL kg-1 min-1 (boys) and 39.8 mL kg-1 min-1 (girls). 8 boys and 6 girls were tested twice over a time-frame of 27.5 months. The parameters of the exercise test measured on both occasions were significantly lower than those of the 14 nordic skiers. There was no change with respect to any variables over the examined time-frame. Conclusions: The elite climbers investigated in this study showed comparable a-values to athletes from team and combat sports. The nordic skiers to which they were compared showed significantly higher values consistant with the fact that this is an endurance sport. Even though the cardiopulmonary measurements of the nordic skiers still improved after two years of training, no adaptations could be observed in the elite climbers.

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Physiological Responses to Indoor Rock-Climbing and Their Relationship to Maximal Cycle Ergometry

Cited by 86 publications

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Handgrip Fatigue and Forearm Girth in Intermediate Sport Rock Climbers

Handgrip Fatigue and Forearm Girth in Intermediate Sport Rock Climbers

La resistencia de los músculos flexores de los dedos de la mano en escaladores / Evaluation Of Hand’s Fingers Flexor Muscles Endurance In Climbers

Cardiopulmonary exercise tests of adolescent elite sport climbers—a comparison of the German junior national team in sport climbing and nordic skiing

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