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A Life Dedicated to Climbing and Its Sequelae in the Fingers—A Review of the Literature

Fingers of sport climbers are exposed to high mechanical loads. This work focuses on the fingers of a 52-year-old active elite climber who was the first in mankind to master 8B (V13), 8B+ (V14) and 8C (V15) graded boulders, bringing lifelong high-intensity loads to his hands. It is therefore hypothe...

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Autores principales: Pastor, Tatjana, Schweizer, Andreas, Andronic, Octavian, Dietrich, Léna G., Berk, Till, Gueorguiev, Boyko, Pastor, Torsten
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9778768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36554928
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417050
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author Pastor, Tatjana
Schweizer, Andreas
Andronic, Octavian
Dietrich, Léna G.
Berk, Till
Gueorguiev, Boyko
Pastor, Torsten
author_facet Pastor, Tatjana
Schweizer, Andreas
Andronic, Octavian
Dietrich, Léna G.
Berk, Till
Gueorguiev, Boyko
Pastor, Torsten
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description Fingers of sport climbers are exposed to high mechanical loads. This work focuses on the fingers of a 52-year-old active elite climber who was the first in mankind to master 8B (V13), 8B+ (V14) and 8C (V15) graded boulders, bringing lifelong high-intensity loads to his hands. It is therefore hypothesized that he belongs to a small group of people with the highest accumulative loads to their fingers in the climbing scene. Fingers were analyzed by means of ultrasonography, X-rays and physical examination. Soft tissue and bone adaptations, as well as the onset of osteoarthritis and finger stiffness, were found, especially in digit III, the longest and therefore most loaded digit. Finally, this article aims to provide an overview of the current literature in this field. In conclusion, elite sport climbing results in soft tissue and bone adaptations in the fingers, and the literature provides evidence that these adaptations increase over one’s career. However, at later stages, radiographic and clinical signs of osteoarthritis, especially in the middle finger, seem to occur, although they may not be symptomatic.
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spelling pubmed-97787682022-12-23 A Life Dedicated to Climbing and Its Sequelae in the Fingers—A Review of the Literature Pastor, Tatjana Schweizer, Andreas Andronic, Octavian Dietrich, Léna G. Berk, Till Gueorguiev, Boyko Pastor, Torsten Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Fingers of sport climbers are exposed to high mechanical loads. This work focuses on the fingers of a 52-year-old active elite climber who was the first in mankind to master 8B (V13), 8B+ (V14) and 8C (V15) graded boulders, bringing lifelong high-intensity loads to his hands. It is therefore hypothesized that he belongs to a small group of people with the highest accumulative loads to their fingers in the climbing scene. Fingers were analyzed by means of ultrasonography, X-rays and physical examination. Soft tissue and bone adaptations, as well as the onset of osteoarthritis and finger stiffness, were found, especially in digit III, the longest and therefore most loaded digit. Finally, this article aims to provide an overview of the current literature in this field. In conclusion, elite sport climbing results in soft tissue and bone adaptations in the fingers, and the literature provides evidence that these adaptations increase over one’s career. However, at later stages, radiographic and clinical signs of osteoarthritis, especially in the middle finger, seem to occur, although they may not be symptomatic. MDPI 2022-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9778768/ /pubmed/36554928 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417050 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Pastor, Tatjana
Schweizer, Andreas
Andronic, Octavian
Dietrich, Léna G.
Berk, Till
Gueorguiev, Boyko
Pastor, Torsten
A Life Dedicated to Climbing and Its Sequelae in the Fingers—A Review of the Literature
title A Life Dedicated to Climbing and Its Sequelae in the Fingers—A Review of the Literature
title_full A Life Dedicated to Climbing and Its Sequelae in the Fingers—A Review of the Literature
title_fullStr A Life Dedicated to Climbing and Its Sequelae in the Fingers—A Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed A Life Dedicated to Climbing and Its Sequelae in the Fingers—A Review of the Literature
title_short A Life Dedicated to Climbing and Its Sequelae in the Fingers—A Review of the Literature
title_sort life dedicated to climbing and its sequelae in the fingers—a review of the literature
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9778768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36554928
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417050
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