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- Title
PSYCHOPHYSICAL BENEFITS OF ROCK-CLIMBING ACTIVITY.
- Authors
GALLOTTA, MARIA CHIARA; PIETRO EMERENZIANI, GIAN; MONTEIRO, MARIA DOLORES; IASEVOLI, LUIGI; IAZZONI, SARA; BALDARI, CARLO; GUIDETTI, LAURA
- Abstract
The aim of the study was to compare the psychophysical effects of rock climbing with a supervised fitness training in adults. Thirty-three healthy participants (M age = 32yr., SD = 7) participated in rock climbing or in fitness training. The participants' functional fitness, anxiety, and mood states were tested before and after 3 mo. of training. There was significant improvement of physical fitness in both groups after the intervention period. Anxiety significantly decreased after each single training session at the end of both courses. Differential effects in the rock-climbing group, as compared to the fitness group, emerged only on Vigor. Specifically, the rock-climbing group showed a decreasing trend in Vigor while the fitness group showed an increasing trend of Vigor after the intervention.
- Subjects
ANXIETY prevention; AFFECT (Psychology); EXERCISE physiology; PHYSICAL fitness; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; ROCK climbing; PHYSICAL training &; conditioning; BODY mass index; STATE-Trait Anxiety Inventory; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Perceptual & Motor Skills, 2015, Vol 121, Issue 3, p675
- ISSN
0031-5125
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2466/30.PMS.121c26x9