The Epidemiology of Injury in Mountaineering, Rock and Ice Climbing

Schöffl, Volker; Morrison, Audry; Schöffl, Isabelle; Küpper, Thomas

doi:10.1159/000338575

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The Epidemiology of Injury in Mountaineering, Rock and Ice Climbing

Published in Medicine and sport science/Medicine and sport • Jan 1, 2012

Authors:

Volker Schöffl

Audry Morrison

Isabelle Schöffl

Abstract

Climbing and mountaineering sports are gaining more and more public interest. This chapter reviews scientific studies on injuries and accidents in climbing and mountaineering sports to evaluate the danger of these sports and their specific injuries and preventive measures. An initial PubMed query wa...

Subject

Mountaineering

Climbing

Injury prevention

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