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rockprodigy
Oct 13, 2004, 10:03 PM
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In reply to: I don't think the english speaking world is quite as lame as you say since I can find refrences to 10+ articles that touch on the subject in english.
They reference close to 100 articles, mostly in foreign languages and mostly specifically addressing climbing. I don't know which, if any of those articles specifically adress the subject of strengthening the tendons, except for the author's own studies on it, which they describe and I have already mentioned.
It seems like it would be a great subject for research. You could get involved with a climbing gym that teaches introductory rock climbing classes and study beginners who just start out, following them through a few years of climbing, measuring their tendon size every few months. It would also be interesting to look at shorter term hypertrophy and atrophy to answer the question of how quickly tendons weaken if you take a month off or so. It might be expensive, though...how much is an MRI?
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fluxus
Oct 13, 2004, 11:13 PM
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In reply to: They reference close to 100 articles, mostly in foreign languages and mostly specifically addressing climbing.
O.K. you win!
In reply to: It seems like it would be a great subject for research. You could get involved with a climbing gym that teaches introductory rock climbing classes and study beginners who just start out, following them through a few years of climbing, measuring their tendon size every few months. It would also be interesting to look at shorter term hypertrophy and atrophy to answer the question of how quickly tendons weaken if you take a month off or so. It might be expensive, though...how much is an MRI?
sounds good, its nice of you to offer to fund this project, just send me a check for 80K (MRI's are expensive) and I'll get started! :)
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