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Retrospective Analysis of Functional Pain among Professional Climbers

Matuska JakubJokiel MartaDomaszewski PrzemysławKonieczny MariuszPakosz PawełDybek TomaszWotzka DariaSkorupska Elżbieta

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Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesProcess Chemistry and Technologyboulderingclimbing; bouldering; athletes; functional pain; pain prevalence; upper limbGeneral Engineeringupper limbfunctional painComputer Science Applicationsathletespain prevalenceclimbingGeneral Materials Sciencehuman activitiesInstrumentation

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Climbing became one of the official Olympic sports in 2020. The nociplastic pain mechanism is indicated as important in professional sports. Functional pain, which has not been examined in climbers until now, can be an example of nociplastic pain. This study aimed to determine functional pain locations in climbers according to gender and dominant climbing style. Climbers (n = 183) and healthy subjects (n = 160) completed an online survey focused on functional pain occurrence in the head, spine, and upper limbs. The logistic regression showed that climbing predisposes one to functional pain at: Gleno-humeral joint (odds ratio (OR): 3.06; area under the curve (AUC): 0.635), elbow (OR: 2.86; AUC: 0.625), fingers (OR: 7.74; AUC: 0.733), all (p < 0.05). Among the climbers, the female gender predisposed one to pain at: GHJ (OR: 3.34; AUC: 0.638), thoracic spine (OR: 1.95; AUC: 0.580), and lumbosacral spine (OR: 1.96; AUC: 0.578), all (p < 0.05). Climbing predisposes one to functional pain development in the upper limb. While the male climbers mainly suffered from finger functional pain, the female climbers reported functional pain in the GHJ and the thoracic and lumbosacral spine. Further studies on functional pain occurrence are recommended.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2022-03-04Applied Sciences
https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052653