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Lean and mean? Associations of level of performance, chronic injuries and BMI in sport climbing.

Objectives: To assess possible associations between performance level (achieved level of difficulty), chronic injuries and body mass index (BMI) in sport climbing.

Method: Retrospective survey.

Setting: Web-based questionnaire.

Participants: 667 active climbers (385 reported having chronic injuries).

Outcome measure: BMI, performance level in sport climbing, onset of a climbing-related injury, preferred style of climbing, education, gender.

Statistics: Descriptive statistics and general linear model(GLM) performed with SPSS V.25 for windows.

Result: No associations were found between level of performance in sport climbing, onset of a climbing-related injury, preferred style of climbing, education, gender and BMI.

Conclusion: BMI is not associated with climbing-related chronic injury or level of performance in climbing. The average BMI of climbers up to the elite level is similar to that of a lower rate of performance.

Clinical relevance: The findings in this study suggest that there is no need for maintaining a low BMI to be able to reach elite levels in climbing.

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