Trial reportClinical rehabilitation2023
Climb up! Head up! Climbing improves posture in Parkinson's disease. A secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Clinical rehabilitation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Forearm blood flow and vascular conductance improve after 18 weeks of bouldering training in novice climbers.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Evaluating climbing interventions for Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Review
- Camptocormia in Parkinson's disease: state of the art and future directions.Journal of neurology · 2025Review
- Effects of therapeutic climbing in healthcare and rehabilitation: A systematic review protocol.PloS one · 2025Article
- Scaling new heights: a pilot study of the impact of climbing on balance, agility, and dexterity in individuals with Parkinson's disease.Archives of physiotherapyArticle
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16 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the effect of sport climbing on a biomechanical marker of axial posture in patients with Parkinson's disease, as well as its association with age, body mass index and health-related quality-of-life outcome measures.
designPre-planned secondary analysis of our randomized controlled, semi-blind trial (unblinded patients, blinded assessors) comparing sport climbing to unsupervised exercise.
settingSingle-centre study conducted at the Department of Neurology of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
participantsForty-eight Parkinson's disease patients (aged 64 ± 8 years, Hoehn & Yahr stage 2-3) were included.
interventionSport climbers ( MAIN MEASURES: Posture was assessed with the horizontal distance of the seventh cervical vertebra to the wall at baseline and after the intervention.
resultsParticipating in the sport climbing group significantly predicted the biomechanical marker of axial posture (
conclusionsWe conclude that sport climbing improves a biomechanical marker of axial posture in Parkinson's disease.
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