Acute and Overload Injuries of World Cup Ice Climbers

Methods: Competitors in an Ice Climbing World Cup event volunteered to complete a questionnaire on their training, injuries and overuse symptoms. Keywords: Ice climbing, Injuries, Risk, Training, Prevention, Competition Introduction Extensive literature exists on the subject of accidents and injuries for the various alpine mountain sports, for sport climbing both on natural rocks and on artificial climbing facilities [1-20], and to a lesser extent to non-traumatological problems in climbing, and climbing with pre-existing health conditions [21-23]. According to the Canadian Alpine Club, which has been documenting ice climbing accidents separately for more than 30 years, a total of 92 climbers were injured and 30 have died in ice climbing accidents during this period. The following data was recorded: basic demographic data (age, height, weight, sex), detailed questions about climbing disciplines, participation in competitions, type, severity and frequency of injuries during competition climbing and training, subjective avoidability of injuries, type and extent of training, subjective assessment of personal limits in climbing difficulty in various situations (lead, second ascent, artificial climbing walls, alpine, etc.) and a personal assessment of the risk of ice climbing.