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For those interested in climbing injuries, see below for an audit carried out by Veronica Lee and Rob Hunter of climbing injuries seen at their clinic in Gravity Climbing Centre, Dublin. The breakdown of injuries by gender is particularly interesting.

To quote Rob:
"When we first ran the audit we expected similar trends to Dr Volker Schoeffl's (orthopaedic surgeon and works with the German climbing team) findings on climbing injuries....in contrast to My Therapy Physio's audit he found A2 pulley injuries to be the most frequent injury in his clinic in Germany whereas for us it was rotator cuff shoulder injuries. For more info on this climbing injuries audit click on the link for the full article."

https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/608dc1_cd7e377ddc534f658a9617428cd2a265.pdf

In reply to RKernan:

In conclusion; men pull too hard, women push too hard.

In reply to RKernan:
Not surprising that different training facilities tend to give different injuries. Hold types, setting style and wall design will all influence those.

The division into men and women seems arbitrary and I'm guessing it's more because it's simple data collection. Better groups might be morphology, (body type, weight, height, arm span etc.), preferred climbing style (roof, slab, hold type etc), or climbing level by grade.

Certain generalisations are often true about the sexes though. Men tend to be taller and heavier. Women often prefer less steep climbing etc.

In reply to RKernan:

Interesting stuff... with some scary bits ....2 lumbar fractures!?