On this page, I will conclude my ideas briefly and cite the research papers and websites that I referred to when I was writing my previous (and this) articles.
In conclusion, climbing stairs has substantial benefits on people’s both physical and mental health by improving not only people’s organs including the brain, lungs, and heart but also people’s certain moods and musculoskeletal system. Such benefits definitely show that although climbing stairs in daily life seem like a trivial thing, it actually helps people to maintain their health. However, this study is not without limitations. First, not all parts of our body were studied, and thus, the overall impact of stair climbing is not yet concluded. Also, this paper did not suggest measures of potential mechanisms explaining the link between exercise and cognition. Lastly, the impact of stair descent, which will be accompanied by stair climbing, was not addressed in this paper. Thus, further research is absolutely required. Yet, since it is explicitly revealed that stair climbing will improve people’s health condition, stair climbing is beneficial to people.
These are the citations.
1) Jones, M., Booth, J., Taylor, J., & Barry, B. (2014). Aerobic Training Increases Pain Tolerance in Healthy Individuals. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 46(8). https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0000000000000273
2) Marazziti, Donatella, et al. “Pain Threshold Is Reduced in Depression.” The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, vol. 1, no. 1, Aug. 1998, pp. 45–48., doi:10.1017/s1461145798001047.
3) Stenling, A., Moylan, A., Fulton, E., & Machado, L. (2019). Effects of a Brief Stair-Climbing Intervention on Cognitive Performance and Mood States in Healthy Young Adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02300
4) Bellettiere, J., Nguyen, B., Liles, S., Berardi, V., Adams, M. A., Dempsey, P., Benporat, Y., Kerr, J., LaCroix, A. Z., & Hovell, M. (2018). Prompts to increase physical activity at points-of-choice between stairs and escalators: what about escalator climbers? Translational Behavioral Medicine, 9(4), 656–662. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/iby080
5) KBS. (2016, March 21). 생로병사의 비밀. KBS. https://vod.kbs.co.kr/index.html?source=episode&sname=vod&stype=vod&program_code=T2002-0429&program_id=PS-2016015136-01-000§ion_code=05&broadcast_complete_yn=N&local_station_code=00§ion_sub_code=034.
6) Castaneda, R. (2019, July 29). Is Stair Climbing a Good Exercise? U.S. News & World Report. https://health.usnews.com/wellness/fitness/the-health-benefits-of-stair-climbing-exercise.
7) Alghadir, A. H., Aly, F. A., & Gabr, S. A. (2014). Effect of Moderate Aerobic Training on Bone Metabolism Indices among Adult Humans. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 30(4). https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.304.4624
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Phillips, S. (2021, May 17). Stair climbing offers significant cardiovascular and muscular benefits for heart patients. Brighter World. https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/stair-climbing-offers-significant-cardiovascular-and-muscular-benefits-for-heart-patients/.
9) Roland, J. (2018, January 4). Steps to Relief: Stairs and Knee Pain. Healthline. https://www.healthline.com/health/pain-relief/knee-pain-stairs.
Writer: Amy Jeong
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