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  1. Effect of Two Types of Open‐Skill Training on Cognitive Functions: The Case of Parkour

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, November 2025, Wiley

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  2. A Comparison of the Plyometric Performance of Upper Limbs between Experienced and Non-Experienced Athletes

    Article • Sports, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  3. Do soleus responses to transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation show similar changes to H-reflex in response to Achilles tendon vibration?

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  4. Acute effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on postural control of trained athletes: A randomized controlled trial

    Article • PLOS One, January 2024, PLOS

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  5. Post-Activation Performance Enhancement and Motor Imagery Are Efficient to Emphasize the Effects of a Standardized Warm-Up on Sprint-Running Performances

    Article • Sports, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  6. Acute effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on postural control of trained athletes: a randomized controlled trial

    Article • May 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  7. Anodal tDCS over the left DLPFC but not M1 increases muscle activity and improves psychophysiological responses, cognitive function, and endurance performance in normobaric hypoxia: a randomized controlled trial

    Article • BMC Neuroscience, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  8. Optimal Sensor Set for Decoding Motor Imagery from EEG

    Article • Applied Sciences, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  9. Physiological demands and physical performance determinants of a new firefighting simulation test

    Article • Ergonomics, February 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  10. Virtual reality does not fool the brain only: spinal excitability changes during virtually simulated falling

    Article • Journal of Neurophysiology, February 2023, American Physiological Society

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  11. Can motor imagery balance the acute fatigue induced by neuromuscular electrical stimulation?

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  12. General Neural Process in Cycling Exercise

    Article • Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise, June 2022, Tsinghua University Press

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  13. Cardiometabolic and neuromuscular analyses of the sit-to-stand transition to question its role in reducing sedentary patterns

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  14. What Makes Parkour Unique? A Narrative Review Across Miscellaneous Academic Fields

    Article • Sports Medicine, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  15. Training habits and lower limb injury prevention in parkour practitioners

    Article • Movement & Sport Sciences - Science & Motricité, January 2022, EDP Sciences

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  16. Stand Up to Excite the Spine: Neuromuscular, Autonomic, and Cardiometabolic Responses During Motor Imagery in Standing vs. Sitting Posture

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, November 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  17. Psychophysiological responses of firefighters to day and night rescue interventions

    Article • Applied Ergonomics, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  18. Different plantar flexors neuromuscular and mechanical characteristics depending on the preferred running form

    Article • Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  19. Comparison of the on-line effects of different motor simulation conditions on corticospinal excitability in healthy participants

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  20. Neural Efficiency and Ability to Produce Accurate Efforts in Different Perceived Intensity Zones

    Article • Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  21. Feasibility and acceptability of “active” classroom workstations among French university students and lecturers: a pilot study

    Article • BMC Public Health, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  22. Does partial activation of the neuromuscular system induce cross-education training effect? Case of a pilot study on motor imagery and neuromuscular electrical stimulation

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  23. Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on the psychomotor, cognitive, and motor performances of power athletes

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  24. A cross-species neural integration of gravity for motor optimization

    Article • Science Advances, April 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  25. The type of visual biofeedback influences maximal handgrip strength and activation strategies

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  26. Insights into the combination of neuromuscular electrical stimulation and motor imagery in a training-based approach

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  27. Sport Practice Enhances Athletes’ Observation Capacity: Comparing Scenic Change Detection in Open and Closed Sports

    Article • Perceptual and Motor Skills, October 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  28. Influence of Voluntary Contraction Level, Test Stimulus Intensity and Normalization Procedures on the Evaluation of Short-Interval Intracortical Inhibition

    Article • Brain Sciences, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  29. Optimal stimulation parameters for spinal and corticospinal excitabilities during contraction, motor imagery and rest: A pilot study

    Article • PLOS One, June 2020, PLOS

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  30. Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on sports performance for two profiles of athletes (power and endurance) (COMPETE): a protocol for a randomised, crossover, double blind, controlled exploratory trial

    Article • Trials, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  31. Corticospinal Modulations during Motor Imagery of Concentric, Eccentric, and Isometric Actions

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, December 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  32. On the loop again: understanding human spinal circuitry through the study of its reflex pathway

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, October 2019, Wiley

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  33. A cross-species neural integration of gravity for motor optimisation

    Article • August 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  34. Elastic band exercise induces greater neuromuscular fatigue than phasic isometric contractions

    Article • Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  35. Cortical and spinal excitabilities are differently balanced in power athletes

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  36. Neuromuscular adaptations to wide-pulse high-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation training

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  37. Spinal plasticity with motor imagery practice

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  38. Mechanisms of performance improvements due to a leading teammate during uphill cycling

    Article • International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, October 2018, Human Kinetics

    Théo OUVRARD, Dr Sidney Grospretre

  39. Physiological responses and parasympathetic reactivation in rescue interventions: The effect of the breathing apparatus

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, September 2018, Wiley

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  40. Presynaptic inhibition mechanisms may subserve the spinal excitability modulation induced by neuromuscular electrical stimulation

    Article • Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  41. Greater fatigability in knee-flexors vs. knee-extensors after a standardized fatiguing protocol

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  42. Neuromuscular and electromechanical properties of ultra-power athletes: the traceurs

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  43. Non-physical approaches to counteract age-related functional deterioration: Applications for rehabilitation and neural mechanisms

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  44. Motor Imagery during Action Observation of Locomotor Tasks Improves Rehabilitation Outcome in Older Adults after Total Hip Arthroplasty

    Article • Neural Plasticity, January 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Armin Paravlic, Dr Sidney Grospretre

  45. Neural mechanisms of strength increase after one-week motor imagery training

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, December 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  46. The adaptation to standing long jump distance in parkour is performed by the modulation of specific variables prior and during take-off

    Article • Movement & Sport Sciences - Science & Motricité, November 2017, EDP Sciences

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  47. Test-retest reliability of wide-pulse high-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation evoked force

    Article • Muscle & Nerve, August 2017, Wiley

    Professor Bengt Kayser, Dr Sidney Grospretre

  48. Central Contribution to Electrically Induced Fatigue depends on Stimulation Frequency

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, August 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  49. High-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation modulates interhemispheric inhibition in healthy humans

    Article • Journal of Neurophysiology, January 2017, American Physiological Society

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  50. Assessment of Homonymous Recurrent Inhibition during Voluntary Contraction by Conditioning Nerve Stimulation

    Article • PLOS One, November 2016, PLOS

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  51. The Etiology of Muscle Fatigue Differs between Two Electrical Stimulation Protocols

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, August 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  52. New evidence of corticospinal network modulation induced by motor imagery

    Article • Journal of Neurophysiology, March 2016, American Physiological Society

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  53. Assessment of Neuromuscular Function Using Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, September 2015, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  54. Performance characteristics of Parkour practitioners: Who are the traceurs?

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  55. Motor imagery and cortico-spinal excitability: A review

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, April 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  56. IMPACT OF MOTOR IMAGERY AT SPINAL LEVEL

    Article • Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, January 2015, The Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  57. Conditioning effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation evoking motor-evoked potential on V-wave response

    Article • Physiological Reports, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  58. Modulation of spinal excitability by a sub-threshold stimulation of M1 area during muscle lengthening

    Article • Neuroscience, March 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Sidney Grospretre

  59. H reflex and spinal excitability: methodological considerations

    Article • Journal of Neurophysiology, March 2012, American Physiological Society

    Dr Sidney Grospretre