Citation

Gallotta MC, Emerenziani GP, Monteiro MD, Iasevoli L, Iazzoni S, Baldari C, Guidetti L. Percept. Mot. Skills 2015; 121(3): 675-689.

Affiliation

1 Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico," Rome.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.2466/30.PMS.121c26x9

PMID

26654990

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 = 32 yr., 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.

Language: en