ReviewFrontiers in sports and active living2022
Tests and Procedures for Measuring Endurance, Strength, and Power in Climbing-A Mini-Review.
Review in Frontiers in sports and active living, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Reliability of finger strength assessment methods in climbing: a systematic review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Pooled it
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- Biomechanical Principles and Techniques-A Systematization for Sport Climbing.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Validity and reliability of the Tianyu climbing machine in maximal oxygen uptake testing.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Climbing the gap: a review on sex differences in high-level rock climbing.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Review
- Intra and Inter-Session Reliability of Movement Velocity During Pull-Ups Performed at Small Climbing Holds.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2024Article
- Effects of Different Loading Programs on Finger Strength in Rock Climbers.Sports medicine - open · 2024Article
- Measuring critical force in sport climbers: a validation study of the 4 min all-out test on finger flexors.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- The Connection Between Resistance Training, Climbing Performance, and Injury Prevention.Sports medicine - open · 2024Review
- Editorial: Injuries, injury prevention and training in climbing.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Five weeks of dynamic finger flexor strength training on bouldering performance and climbing-specific strength tests. A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Physical performance testing in climbing-A systematic review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Review
- Change in grip strength, hang time, and knot tying speed after 24 hours of endurance rock climbing.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
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- Assessing climbers' pull-up capabilities by differentiating the parameters involved in power production.PeerJ · 2023Article
- The Effects of 10 Weeks Hangboard Training on Climbing Specific Maximal Strength, Explosive Strength, and Finger Endurance.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Optimization of an Intermittent Finger Endurance Test for Climbers Regarding Gender and Deviation in Force and Pulling Time.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
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Abstract
The interest in climbing is rapidly growing among professional and recreational athletes and will for the first time be included in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The sport has also gained increased scientific attention in the past decades. Still, recommendations for testing procedures to predict climbing performance and measure training effects are limited. Therefore, the aim of this mini-review is to provide an overview of the climbing-specific tests, procedures and outcomes used to examine climbing performance. The available literature presents a variety of tests and procedures. While the reliability of some tests has been examined, measures of validity are scarce, especially for climbing-specific endurance tests. Moreover, considering the possible combinations of climbing performance levels, disciplines, and tests, substantial gaps in the literature exist. Vague descriptions of the participants in many studies (e.g., not specifying preferred discipline, performance level, experience, and regular climbing and training volume) further limit the current knowledge and challenge comparisons across studies. Regarding contraction types, dynamic strength- and power-tests are underrepresented in the literature compared to isometric tests. Studies exploring and reporting the validity and reliability of climbing-specific tests are warranted, and researchers should strive to provide a detailed description of the study populations in future research.
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