The Influence Of Sport Climbing On Depression And Anxiety Levels - Literature Review

Zieliński, Grzegorz; Byś, Aleksandra; Baszczowski, Michał; Ginszt, Michał; Suwała, Marta; Majcher, Piotr

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“…Other researchers also compared an aerobic exercise with a climbing intervention and found anxiety-reducing effects in both interventions [ 34 ]. A large number of studies also led to this conclusion regarding CT: climbing reduces anxiety and can thus contribute to emotional stability and has a positive effect on the treatment of depression [ 72 ]. Regarding the question of whether this anxiety-reducing effect relates predominantly to climbing or is due to physical activity in general, the results of the present study indicated that physical activity itself leads to a reduction in anxiety.…”

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A Comparison of Acute Effects of Climbing Therapy with Nordic Walking for Inpatient Adults with Mental Health Disorder: A Clinical Pilot Trial

Thaller

Frühauf

Heimbeck

et al. 2022

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As climbing therapy is increasingly used for mental health disorders, the present study aimed to compare acute effects of a therapeutic climbing intervention (CT) on affective responses, anxiety, and self-efficacy with those of Nordic walking (NW) and a sedentary control condition (SC) in an inpatient setting with persons with depression, anxiety, or obsessive–compulsive disorders. A total of 21 inpatients (32 ± 12.2 years) participated in a clinical trial in all interventions using an experimental within-subject design. Anxiety and self-efficacy were assessed preintervention (t0) and postintervention (t2) using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the General Self-Efficacy Scale, and affective responses were additionally evaluated during (t1) and 180 min after the intervention (t3) using the Feeling Scale, Felt Arousal Scale, and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule. Statistical evaluation was performed with a 3 × 2 or 3 × 4 repeated measures ANOVA. Significant interaction effects were found for affective responses regarding positive affect, affective valence, and perceived activation (p < 0.015) favoring CT over NW and SC. For anxiety, a significant interaction effect was found (F(2.40) = 6.603; p = 0.003; η2 = 0.248), and also perceived self-efficacy increased significantly (F(2.40) = 6.046; p = 0.005; η2 = 0.232). Single CT sessions may enhance affective responses and self-efficacy and reduce anxiety in inpatients with mental health disorders to a higher extent than NW. CT as part of an inpatient therapy program may help to improve key affective mechanisms and should be further studied in comparison with other exercise interventions with comparable intensity.

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A Comparison of Acute Effects of Climbing Therapy with Nordic Walking for Inpatient Adults with Mental Health Disorder: A Clinical Pilot Trial

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Frühauf

Heimbeck

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“…Attempts to collate the growing evidence base thus far have been narrow in focus, with three existing reviews having key limitations: 1) only including interventional studies and/or RCTs in clinical populations (Gassner et al, 2022;Liu et al, 2022), thus excluding a wide range of literature using different methods to examine the broader associations between climbing and wellbeing; 2) focussing solely on depression and anxiety (Zieliński et al, 2018), thus excluding evidence on broader measures of wellbeing, mental health, stress, and quality of life, 3) not employing rigorous methods such as double screening, thus key articles may have been missed (Liu et al, 2022).…”

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The Associations between Climbing and Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Mixed-Methods Scoping Review (Preprint)

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Ionel,

Gude

et al. 2023

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The increasing prevalence of mental health issues is a global concern, and implementing low-cost, effective, population-level interventions is critical. Physical activity interventions, including climbing, hold promise as one way to bridge this gap. Climbing is a non-mainstream form of physical activity that is gaining popularity and is being increasingly investigated as a potential mental health intervention, with promising findings. As this field of enquiry grows, the range in methods, intervention components, outcome measures, and participant characteristics is increasing, making cross-study comparisons challenging. There is a need to characterise the literature and identify common methods and gaps in knowledge. PsycInfo, CINAHL, Web Of Science, Embase, MEDline, Scopus, SportDISCUS were searched for studies including climbing and a measure of mental health or wellbeing. CENTRAL and clinicaltrials.gov were searched for ongoing trials. All study designs were eligible for inclusion. Grey literature and reviews were excluded. All screening, data extraction, and quality assessments occurred in duplicate. A narrative synthesis was conducted. Fifty-nine papers were eligible for inclusion, covering a wide range of study designs (interventions, experimental studies, descriptive studies, qualitative and mixed-methods studies), contexts, and samples (clinical/non-clinical, climbers/non-climbers, adults/children and adolescents). Overall, climbing interventions and participation seemed to have benefits for mental health and wellbeing across a range of individuals. It is unclear what the mechanisms leading to these benefits might be. Further high quality research is warranted to investigate exactly how, where, when, and for who climbing can improve mental health and wellbeing, and to investigate theories of change.

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The Influence Of Sport Climbing On Depression And Anxiety Levels - Literature Review

Cited by 2 publications

References 8 publications

A Comparison of Acute Effects of Climbing Therapy with Nordic Walking for Inpatient Adults with Mental Health Disorder: A Clinical Pilot Trial

A Comparison of Acute Effects of Climbing Therapy with Nordic Walking for Inpatient Adults with Mental Health Disorder: A Clinical Pilot Trial

The Associations between Climbing and Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Mixed-Methods Scoping Review (Preprint)

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