| Sport climbing with pre-existing cardio-pulmonary medical conditions. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 19199210 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Over the past 25 years sport climbing has developed from an elite extreme sport subculture pursued by few into a mainstream recreational sport enjoyed globally by climbers of all ages, climbing abilities, and with pre-existing health conditions. As the demands and grades of climbing difficulty have increased over this period, most scientific literature on sport climbing focused on acute injuries and overuse syndromes, or performance physiology in healthy adult males. The physiological response to sport climbing is more similar to that of resistance training (i.e., body building) rather than a predominantly aerobic sport (i.e., running, cycling), so that heart rate and blood pressure during a climb will be disproportionately high relative to the 'exercise' of climbing, and breathing may be irregular. Therefore this review sought evidence-based recommendations for recreational sport climbing participation by those individuals with pre-existing cardiopulmonary medical conditions including coronary heart disease, chronic heart failure, cardiac dysrhythmia, pulmonary diseases (i.e., asthma) or hypertension. This review defines the criteria that must be fulfilled for safe sport climbing by those with pre-existing cardiopulmonary conditions or those with hypertension. |
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Authors:
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T Kuepper; A Morrison; U Gieseler; V Schoeffl |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review Date: 2009-02-06 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: International journal of sports medicine Volume: 30 ISSN: 1439-3964 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Sports Med Publication Date: 2009 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-05-26 Completed Date: 2009-08-11 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8008349 Medline TA: Int J Sports Med Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 395-402 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Occupational & Social Medicine, University of Aachen, Germany. TKuepper@ukaachen.de |
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Adult Blood Pressure / physiology Cardiovascular Diseases / complications* Evidence-Based Medicine Heart Rate / physiology Humans Lung Diseases / complications* Male Mountaineering / physiology* |
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