Radiographic adaptations to the stress of high-level rock climbing in junior athletes: A 5-year longitudinal study of the German Junior National Team and a group of recreational climbers

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-92

  Schöffl, Volker Rainer ^a,b,c   Hochholzer, Thomas ^d   Imhoff, Andreas B ^e   Schöffl, Isabelle ^b  

^a KLINIKUM BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Medical Commission UIAA   (Switzerland)

^d Privatklinik Triumpfpforte   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Osteoarthrosis; Rock climbing; Sport climbing; Stress reactions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT CAPSULE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; ROCK CLIMBING; STRESS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; GERMANY; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33845889489     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506293256     Document Type: Article

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