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Sport climbing performance determinants and functional testing methods: A systematic review.

Sara Faggian¹, Nicola Borasio², Marco Vecchiato²

¹Sports and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy.

Journal of Sport and Health Science

|August 31, 2024

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Cardiorespiratory endurance and muscular power are key determinants of sport climbing performance. This review proposes standardized tests for evaluating climbers, highlighting the need for evidence-based assessment methods.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Sports Science
Exercise Physiology
Climbing Performance Analysis

Background:

Sport climbing's rising popularity necessitates standardized performance evaluation.
Current methods lack consensus, creating a need for evidence-based sport-specific assessments.

Purpose of the Study:

To systematically review and analyze sport climbing performance determinants.
To compare evaluation methods across different climber levels.
To identify valid, reliable, and feasible assessment tools.

Main Methods:

Systematic literature search of PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science up to December 20, 2022.
Inclusion of studies correlating climbing ability with functional outcomes in distinct performance groups.
Analysis of 74 selected studies.

Main Results:

Climbing-specific assessments effectively differentiate climber levels better than general tests.
High validity for cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, endurance, and power.
Good reliability for most measures, except cardiorespiratory endurance; moderate validity for flexibility; low validity for balance.
Conflicting evidence regarding anthropometric characteristics.

Conclusions:

Cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, endurance, and power are primary sport climbing performance determinants.
Balance, flexibility, and anthropometrics appear less critical.
An evidence-based Functional Sport Climbing test battery is proposed for standardized assessment.
Further research is needed to enhance scientific evidence and professionalism in sport climbing evaluation.