Michael Wälchli

Dr. rer. nat.

michael.waelchli@unifr.ch
+41 26 300 8442
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9485-7782

Neurophysiology in motor control and learning

Lecturer
Medicine Section

PER 21 bu. F440
Bd de Pérolles 90
1700 Fribourg
Tuesday: morning and afternoon

PER 21, F440

+41 26 300 8442

Biography

2011: Bachelor in Sports at the Federal Office of Sport Magglingen

2013: Master in Sport Sciences (Health & Research) at the University of Fribourg

2018: PhD at the University of Fribourg

Research and publications

Publication list Michael Wälchli

13 publications

Repetitive Magnetic Stimuli Over the Motor Cortex Impair Consolidation of a Balance Task by Suppressing Up‐Regulation of Intracortical Inhibition
European Journal of Neuroscience (2025) | Journal article

Repetitive magnetic stimuli over the motor cortex impair long-term consolidation of a balance task by suppressing up-regulation of intracortical inhibition
Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS) (2024) | Journal article

The effect of single and dual task training on the intracortical inhibition in healthy young adults
Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS) (2024) | Journal article

Short-term balance consolidation relies on the primary motor cortex: a rTMS study.
Scientific Reports (2023) | Journal article

How to benefit from augmented feedback? The influence of motivational and informational content of augmented feedback and the influence of task complexity
European Journal of Sport Science (2023) | Journal article

Interference of balance tasks revisited: Consolidation of a novel balance task is impaired by subsequent learning of a similar postural task
Gait & Posture (2021) | Journal article

Countermovement Jump Training Is More Effective Than Drop Jump Training in Enhancing Jump Height in Non-professional Female Volleyball Players
Frontiers in Physiology (2020) | Journal article

Age-dependent adaptations to anticipated and non-anticipated perturbations after balance training in children
Human movement science (2018) | Journal article

Is Young Age a Limiting Factor When Training Balance? Effects of Child-Oriented Balance Training in Children and Adolescents
Pediatric exercise science (2018) | Journal article

Preparatory cortical and spinal settings to counteract anticipated and non-anticipated perturbations
Neuroscience (2017) | Journal article

Behavioral and neural adaptations in response to five weeks of balance training in older adults: a randomized controlled trial
Journal of negative results in biomedicine (2017) | Journal article

Maximizing Performance: Augmented Feedback, Focus of Attention, and/or Reward?
Medicine and science in sports and exercise (2016) | Journal article

Task-dependent changes of corticospinal excitability during observation and motor imagery of balance tasks
Neuroscience (2015) | Journal article

Teaching and courses

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