Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the most common form of illness at high altitude; however, it still unclear whether age a protective factor or risk for development AMS in travellers. The condition generally occurs altitudes higher than 8,000 feet (ft), 2,500 meters (m), and usually due to lack oxygen. A person who not used developing altitude sickness. Mountain also called sickness, referring ...

The sport of rock climbing has undergone a significant change in recent times with technically harder climbs being attempted more often. This has meant that climbers have taken to more training including weight training, using artificial climbing walls and the more traditional 'bouldering' i.e. training on natural outcrops and boulders. This increase in standards has led to injuries associated ...

OBJECTIVES To determine if rock climbing is a significant factor in the development of Dupuytren's disease in men, and, if so, what is the most likely related factor. METHODS Questionnaires were distributed to all 1100 members of the Climbers' Club of Great Britain. These detailed basic information about the climber, the presence of Dupuytren's disease, and any known risk factors for its deve...

This study concerns the role of motor simulations in a memory task performed by expert and novice climbers. In a behavioural task, expert and novice rock climbers were shown three novel climbing routes: an easy route, a route impossible to climb but perceptually salient, and a difficult route. After a distraction task, they were given a recall test in which they had to write down the sequence o...

Rock climbing is a multi-discipline activity that encompasses forms such as bouldering, top roping and lead climbing on natural and artificial climbing surfaces. A major focus of research has been explanation of physiological functioning. More recent research indicates that anxiety levels are elevated for less experienced climbers and in response to lead climbing ascents. Research regarding the...

In the Neotropics, the genus Hydrangea of the popular ornamental hortensia family is represented by climbing species that strongly cling to their support surface by means of adhesive roots closely positioned along specialized anchoring stems. These root-climbing hortensia species belong to the nearly exclusive American Hydrangea section Cornidia and generally are long lianescent climbers that m...

The feasibility of a real-time electrocardiogram (ECG) transmission via satellite phone from Mount Everest to determine a climber's suitability for continued ascent was examined. Four Taiwanese climbers were enrolled in the 2009 Mount Everest summit program. Physiological measurements were taken at base camp (5300 m), camp 2 (6400 m), camp 3 (7100 m), and camp 4 (7950 m) 1 hour after arrival an...

Objective: Purpose of this study was to compare elite male ice climbers and sport for their anthropometry, muscular strength, endurance, flexibility. Although there is a certain overlap between these two activities, climbing, which recently became an Olympic discipline, has been studied significantly more than the climbing. Hence, second aim indirectly determine whether climbing training proces...

The Shivalik ranges divide the plain and Himalayan Mountain peaks housed many medicinal important plants. One of densely populated parts this region includes district Una Himachal Pradesh which has been thoroughly explored to identify traditional knowledge in relation plants associated with human fertility childbirth-related problems modern society. Infertility may account for cases “unexplaine...