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  • Motor Learning
  • Biomechanics

Background:

  • Understanding how climbers perceive and adapt to environmental affordances is crucial for skill acquisition.
  • Indoor climbing presents a controlled environment to study motor learning and perceptual-skill coupling.
  • Hold orientation is a key task constraint that may influence learning and performance in climbing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate changes in indoor climbing affordance perception following practice with manipulated hold orientations.
  • To analyze the impact of different hold orientations (horizontal, vertical, double-edge) on learning and movement patterns.
  • To assess the effectiveness of task constraint manipulation in promoting safe and efficient climbing skill development.

Main Methods:

  • Eight intermediate climbers completed four practice sessions on three distinct indoor climbing routes (10.3m height, 20 holds) with varied hold orientations.
  • Five inertial measurement units (IMUs) were attached to climbers' hips, feet, and forearms to capture kinematic data.
  • A decision tree classified movement into four behavioral states: stationary, hold exploration, hip movement, and global motion.

Main Results:

  • Practice led to a decrease in relative hold exploration time, indicating improved affordance perception of grasp-ability.
  • The number of performatory movements decreased with practice, signifying enhanced climbing efficacy.
  • Learning effects were more pronounced on the horizontal-edge route; the double-edge route resulted in longer stationary periods.

Conclusions:

  • Manipulating task constraints, such as hold orientation, effectively promotes perceptual-motor learning in indoor climbing.
  • Practice enhances climbers' ability to perceive and utilize environmental affordances, leading to more efficient movement.
  • This approach is valuable for optimizing training protocols in extreme sports like climbing, emphasizing safe skill acquisition.