ReviewFrontiers in physiology2017
Effects of Sport Climbing on Multiple Sclerosis.
Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Vertical locomotion improves horizontal locomotion: effects of climbing on gait and other mobility aspects in Parkinson's disease. A secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Trial
- Effect of Indoor Climbing on Occupational Self-Efficacy and Employability: Results of a 10-Month Randomised Controlled Study of Persons with Intellectual Disability.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Pelvic floor muscle training adapted for urinary incontinence in multiple sclerosis: a randomized clinical trial.International urogynecology journal · 2020Trial
- Effects of therapeutic climbing in healthcare and rehabilitation: A systematic review protocol.PloS one · 2025Article
- Sport climbing competence is influenced by training frequency, experience, self-efficacy, flow, and emotional intelligence.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Perceptions of Therapeutic Climbing for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in Neurorehabilitation: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Origin, Application and Mechanism of Therapeutic Climbing: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- A randomised controlled trial on effectiveness and feasibility of sport climbing in Parkinson's disease.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2021Article
- The Effect of Coffee and Caffeine Consumption on Patients with Multiple Sclerosis-Related Fatigue.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Long-term effects of bouldering psychotherapy on depression: benefits can be maintained across a 12-month follow-up.Heliyon · 2019Article
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Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS) with different types of disease courses (relapsing-remitting, secondary-progressive, primary progressive) that leads to physical as well as mental disability. The symptoms comprise paresis or/and paralysis, ataxia, bladder dysfunction, visual problems as well as effects on cognition. There is limited data regarding the possible effects of sport climbing respectively therapeutic climbing on patients with MS. Sport climbing offers many potentially beneficial effects for patients with MS since there are effects on coordination, muscular strength, and cognition to name the most relevant ones. Also, disease models in rodents point toward such positive outcomes of climbing. Therefore, we assessed the currently available research literature on general effects of physical exercise, impact of climbing on body and mind and therapeutic climbing for prevention or therapy for the treatment of MS. The sparse published controlled trials that investigated this sport activity on different groups of patients with neurological or geriatric diseases grossly differ in study design and outcome parameters. Nevertheless, it appears that climbing offers the opportunity to improve some of the symptoms of patients with MS and can contribute to an enhanced quality of life.
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