The Association of Finger Growth Plate Injury History and Speed Climbing in Youth Competition Climbers.

Autor: Meyers RN; Duke University School of Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division, Durham, NC. Electronic address: Rachel.meyers@colorado.edu., Howell DR; Children's Hospital Colorado, Sports Medicine Center, Aurora, CO; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO., Provance AJ; Children's Hospital Colorado, Sports Medicine Center, Aurora, CO; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Wilderness & environmental medicine [Wilderness Environ Med] 2020 Dec; Vol. 31 (4), pp. 394-399. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 24.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2020.06.008
Abstrakt: Introduction: Finger growth plate injuries are the most common injury among youth climbers, and the association between these injuries and speed climbing, a mandatory discipline in the 2021 Olympics, has not been examined previously. Our primary purpose was to examine the demographic and training characteristics of adolescent competition climbers who reported a history of a finger growth plate injury compared to those who did not report a history of a finger growth plate injury. Our secondary purpose was to determine whether training characteristics differed between adolescent competition climbers who did and did not report speed climbing.
Methods: Our study was a cross-sectional study design. We surveyed adolescent climbers who competed in the 2017 USA Climbing Sport and Speed Youth National Championships. Questions assessed climbing injury history and current rock-climbing training characteristics.
Results: Two-hundred sixty-seven adolescent competition climbers, 14±3 (9-18) y of age (mean±SD with range), completed the survey. Those with a history of a finger growth plate injury reported greater approximate time spent speed climbing throughout the year (β=1.28, 95% CI 0.11-2.46, P=0.032) and training regularly on the International Federation of Sport Climbing speed wall (adjusted odds ratio=3.95, 95% CI 1.14-13.7, P=0.031).
Conclusions: Training regularly at practices on the speed wall was associated with a self-reported history of finger growth plate injuries among elite youth competition climbers. Speed climbing should be limited, especially during periods of rapid growth.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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