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Barriers And Resources For Competitive Adaptive Rock Climbing, Amy Griswold, Susan Macdermott
Barriers And Resources For Competitive Adaptive Rock Climbing, Amy Griswold, Susan Macdermott
Spring 2022 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium
The purpose of this project was to (1) identify barriers to participation in competitive adaptive rock climbing for adults with a physical disability and (2) create and distribute virtual educational resources to meet identified barriers. The need for this project was highlighted by athlete and coach self-report of limited ability to engage in competitive adaptive rock climbing, also known as paraclimbing.
The sample consisted of 108 adaptive athletes, adaptive rock-climbing coaches, staff members in rock climbing gyms, and volunteers at adaptive rock climbing events. Participants anonymously completed a ten-minute mixed methods virtual survey using Microsoft Forms.
Statistical analyses suggest recurrent …