The epidemiology of rock-climbing injuries
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...%) than the 50% proportion reported from a study based on convenience sampling from indoor and outdoor climbing venues (Jones et al., 2007)....
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...Of our respondents, 30% were female in contrast to only 12–20% in other reports (Bowie et al., 1988; Paige et al., 1998; Gerdes et al., 2006; Jones et al., 2007)....
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...The mean age of climbers who completed our survey (30 years) and their exposure to climbing (on average 75 sessions per year) were similar to the data reported from the previous studies (Bowie et al., 1988; Paige et al., 1998; Gerdes et al., 2006; Jones et al., 2007)....
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...However, the proportion of injured climbers in the sample was lower (30%) than the 50% proportion reported from a study based on convenience sampling from indoor and outdoor climbing venues (Jones et al., 2007)....
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..., 2006) or popular climbing venues (Bowie et al., 1988; Jones et al., 2007)....
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...However, climbing injuries are particularly difficult to evaluate and diagnose clinically.(12) We therefore adopted an alternative approach, requiring climbers to indicate the anatomical site of any climbing injuries in an attempt to reduce self-reporting biases....
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...required medical attention or withdrawal from participation for > 1 day.(14) Injuries were categorised into those that had occurred...
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