Alexandre FOURÉ
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Dr. Alexandre Fouré received his Ph.D. in sports sciences from the University of Nantes, France in 2010. He was successively assistant professor at the University of Savoie (2010-2011), postdoctoral fellow at the University of the Mediterranean (2012-2013) and Aix-Marseille University (2013-2014), research engineer at the CRMBM-CEMREM Lab (Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, AP-HM) and was recruited by the Siemens Company as clinical scientist (Siemens Healthcare, 2014-2016) and consultant (Siemens Healthineers, 2016-2018). Since 2018, he is associate professor at the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France) in the Sport Performance and Injury Prevention team of the Inter-university Laboratory of Human Movement Biology (LIBM). Alexandre’s research focus lies on the investigation of musculoskeletal mechanical properties, its adaptations to chronic interventions and the interactions between the different structures of the neuromuscular and musculotendinous systems in performance and injury contexts. His research activities have needed original methodological developments to assess mechanical, anatomic and metabolic properties of skeletal muscle. These methodologies have been used to determine the consequences of muscle damage and to assess the potential benefits of non-medicinal therapies such protein supplementation.
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Alexandre Fouré (alexandre.foure @ univ-lyon1.fr)
Institution Université Claude Bernard (Lyon 1) Team: [SPIP] Position Associate Professor
Publications
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1. Differential adaptation of muscle-tendon unit stiffness of the plantar-flexors related to plyometric training (⇑ muscle stiffness & ⇓ tendon stiffness). 2. Muscle stiffness is greater in women and tendon stiffness higher in men during voluntary contraction of the plantar-flexors. 3. Muscle damage leads to metabolic changes (acidosis at rest and mitochondrial function impairment) but generates decrease in energy cost during submaximal exercise. 4. An electrostimulation exercise can generate skeletal muscle tissue damage in a low- activated area during the exercise. 5. Three-dimensional architectural characterisation of lower muscles with ultra-high-field diffusion imaging – very good reproducibility, high intramuscular variability and few sex-related differences. | |
