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. 2023 Dec 12;5:1269870. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2023.1269870

Table 3.

Injuries and epidemiological data from included studies.

Study author name & year Injury prevalence, incidence rates (IR) or incidence proportions (IP)
Auer et al. (18) 15% incurred overuse injury over 12 months
Backe et al. (6) IR of 4.2 injuries per 1,000 h of climbing
Beeler et al. (19) 71% career prevalence of shoulder pain
Bollen et al. (20) Not reported
Buda et al. (21) Not reported
Carmeli et al. (22) Not reported
Cobos-Moreno et al. (23) 73.59% prevalence of foot injuries or alterations
Gerdes et al. (24) Career IP of 131 per 100 participants
Grønhaug et al. (25) IP of 58 injuries per 100 participants over past 6 months
Grønhaug et al. (26) IP of 58 injuries per 100 participants over past 6 months
Jones et al. (9) IP of 50.2 injuries per 100 participants over past 12 months
Jones et al. (27) IP of 137 per 100 participants over 12 months
Josephson et al. (28) IP 103 per 100 participants (outdoor climbing), IP 127 per 100 participants (indoor climbing)
Killian et al. (29) 81% point prevalence of pain/discomfort in feet
Kozin et al. (30) Shoulder injuries: IR of 3.2 per 1,000 athlete exposures in control group vs. IR of 0.5 per 1,000 athlete exposures in injury prevention training group
Kozin et al. (31) Elbow injuries: IR of 1.8 per 1,000 athlete exposures in control group vs. IR of 0.5 per 1,000 athlete exposures in injury prevention training group
Lion et al. (32) IP of 67.4 hand injuries per 100 participants in last 3 years
Logan et al. (33) 19.5% point prevalence of Duputryen's disease
Lutter et al. (34) IP of 93.5 per 100 participants
Lutter et al. (35) IP of 94.4 overuse injuries per 100 participants over 3 year period
Nelson et al. (36) IP of 90 per 100 participants for upper extremity injuries
Neuhof et al. (37) IP of 28.5 per 100 participants
Orth et al. (38) Not reported
Paige et al. (39) IP of 63 injuries per 100 participants over last five years
Pieber et al. (40) Career IP of 194 injuries per 100 participants
Rohrbough et al. (41) Career IP of 300 injuries per 100 participants
Runer et al. (2) IR of 9.8 injuries per 1,000 exposure hours over one winter season
Schäfer et al. (42) Not reported
Schöffl et al. (43) Finger stress reactions in 8/10 national level climbers and 3/10 recreational climbers over fiver-year period
Shahram et al. (44) 70% of climbers experienced injury
Stelzle et al. (45) Career IP of 30 overuse injuries per 100 participants
van Middelkoop et al. (8) IP of 13.04 per 1,000 climbing hours over one year
Wright et al. (46) IP of 44 overuse injuries per 100 participants
Zielinski et al. (47) IP of 26 mild back pain cases per 100 participants