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dc.contributor.authorvan Bergen, NG-
dc.contributor.authorOrth, D-
dc.contributor.authorDeschle, N-
dc.contributor.authorBerkenbosch, R-
dc.contributor.authorvan der Toorn, M-
dc.contributor.authorSavelsbergh, G-
dc.contributor.authorvan der Kamp, J-
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-29T11:12:24Z-
dc.date.available2025-07-29T11:12:24Z-
dc.date.issued2025-07-19-
dc.identifierORCiD: Nikki Geerte van Bergen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7203-6446-
dc.identifierORCD: Dominic Orth https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8844-3815-
dc.identifierORCiD: Nicolas Deschle https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7060-8570-
dc.identifierArticle number: e70024-
dc.identifier.citationvan Bergen, N.G. et al. (2025) 'The Impact of Functional Movement Variability and Movement Creativity on Sport Climbing Performance', European Journal of Sport Science, 0 (ahead of print), e70024, pp. 1 - 12. doi: 10.1002/ejsc.70024.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1746-1391-
dc.identifier.urihttps://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/31643-
dc.descriptionData Availability Statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.en_US
dc.description.abstractExpertise in sports is underpinned by the ability to adapt to changing individual, task and environmental constraints. The ecological dynamics approach positions movement variability as having functional properties thus enabling adaptation. Additionally, it holds that movement creativity emerges from movement variability in the process of exploration. To test these conjectures, we determined the relationships between movement variability, movement creativity and performance. Twenty-one male climbers, ranging from experienced to high elite level participated. Functional movement variability and climbing performance were assessed in two different tests. The primary goal of the functional movement variability test was to perform a boulder problem in as many different ways as possible, whereas in the performance test, participants had six attempts to progress as far as possible. 2D hip position data (derived from video recordings using Kinovea) were collected to determine the number of distinct successful trajectories performed (movement variability), the degree of originality of each successful trajectory (movement creativity) and the trajectory length of the best attempt in the performance test (performance). Results revealed that both the ability to exhibit functional movement variability (p = 0.005) and the exploration of movement creativity (p = 0.002) were strongly associated with performance. Movement creativity contributed to performance in addition to movement variability (p = 0.024). We propose that variability is more than just the number of different movements; it should also be understood in how distinctly different these movements are, since they may reflect different patterns of exploration and determine the range of novel adaptations within an individual's capacity to be discovered.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe project was supported by the Sportinnovator/ZonMw grant, project number 5380010208 awarded to Dominic Orth.en_US
dc.format.extent1 - 12-
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic-
dc.languageEnglish-
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWiley-VCH on behalf of European College of Sport Scienceen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International-
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/-
dc.subjectexplorationen_US
dc.subjectfunctional movement variabilityen_US
dc.subjectmovement creativityen_US
dc.subjectmovement repertoireen_US
dc.subjectsport climbingen_US
dc.titleThe Impact of Functional Movement Variability and Movement Creativity on Sport Climbing Performanceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.date.dateAccepted2025-07-09-
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ejsc.70024-
dc.relation.isPartOfEuropean Journal of Sport Science-
pubs.issue00-
pubs.publication-statusPublished-
pubs.volume0-
dc.identifier.eissn1536-7290-
dc.rights.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en-
dcterms.dateAccepted2025-07-09-
dc.rights.holderThe Author(s)-
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