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 |