• Assistant Professor, University of Poitiers

Publications HAL

  • Romain Bechet, Romain Tisserand, Laetitia Fradet, Floren Colloud. Anticipatory muscle activations to coordinate balance and movement during motor transitions: A narrative review. Gait & Posture, 2025, 118, pp.130-140. ⟨10.1016/j.gaitpost.2025.02.009⟩. ⟨hal-04957253⟩
  • Romain Tisserand, M. Billot, R. Bechet, J. Plard, R. Cabirol, et al.. Low back pain reduces reliance on the segment rotation mechanism for postural control in challenging postural conditions. Gait & Posture, 2025, 120, pp.136-142. ⟨10.1016/j.gaitpost.2025.04.010⟩. ⟨hal-05037674⟩
  • Lucette Toussaint, Maxime Billot, Rémi Cabirol, Philippe Rigoard, Paul Teillet, et al.. Impact of chronic low back pain on implicit motor imagery assessed by a new laterality judgment task. The Journal of Pain, In press, 26, pp.104719. ⟨10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104719⟩. ⟨hal-04801338⟩
  • Romain Bechet, Romain Tisserand, Laetitia Fradet, Floren Colloud. A comparison of anticipatory processes between gait and step initiation: The role of the final state. Gait & Posture, 2025, 119, pp.185-188. ⟨10.1016/j.gaitpost.2025.03.018⟩. ⟨hal-05008407⟩
  • Laetitia Fradet, Aurélie Benchekri, Romain Tisserand, Jean-René Cazalets, Anouck Amestoy, et al.. Postural Control in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: What are the Most Striking Specificities and How Can They be Quantified?. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, In press, ⟨10.1007/s10803-025-06815-x⟩. ⟨hal-05062576⟩
  • Cécile R Scotto, Marie Bernardo, Romain Tisserand, Géry Casiez, Yannick Blandin. Reliability of online visual and proprioceptive feedback: impact on learning and sensorimotor coding. Psychological Research, 2025, 89 (1), pp.12. ⟨10.1007/s00426-024-02041-9⟩. ⟨hal-04779826⟩
  • Romain Bechet, Romain Tisserand, Laetitia Fradet, Floren Colloud. Evidence of invariant lower-limb kinematics in anticipation of ground contact during drop-landing and drop-jumping. Human Movement Science, 2024, 98, pp.103297. ⟨10.1016/j.humov.2024.103297⟩. ⟨hal-04743117⟩
  • Andrian Kuch, Romain Tisserand, François Durand, Tony Monnet, Jean-François Debril. Postural adjustments preceding string release in trained archers. Journal of Sports Sciences, 2023, 41 (7), pp.677-685. ⟨10.1080/02640414.2023.2235154⟩. ⟨hal-04453772⟩
  • Romain Tisserand, Brandon G Rasman, Nina Omerovic, Ryan M Peters, Patrick A Forbes, et al.. Unperceived motor actions of the balance system interfere with the causal attribution of self-motion. PNAS Nexus, 2022, 1, ⟨10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac174⟩. ⟨hal-03907989⟩
  • Charlotte Le Mouel, Romain Tisserand, Thomas Robert, Romain Brette. Postural adjustments in anticipation of predictable perturbations allow elderly fallers to achieve a balance recovery performance equivalent to elderly non-fallers. Gait & Posture, 2019, 71, pp. 131-137. ⟨10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.04.025⟩. ⟨hal-02173060⟩
  • Brandon Rasman, Patrick Forbes, Romain Tisserand, Jean-Sébastien Blouin. Sensorimotor Manipulations of the Balance Control Loop–Beyond Imposed External Perturbations. Frontiers in Neurology, 2018, 9, ⟨10.3389/fneur.2018.00899⟩. ⟨halshs-02439790⟩
  • Romain Tisserand, Christopher Dakin, Machiel Hf van Der Loos, Elizabeth Croft, Timothy Inglis, et al.. Down regulation of vestibular balance stabilizing mechanisms to enable transition between motor states. eLife, 2018, 7, ⟨10.7554/eLife.36123⟩. ⟨halshs-02439743⟩
  • Thomas Robert, P. Vallée, R. Tisserand, F. Buloup, D. Bariatinsky, et al.. Stepping boundary of external force-controlled perturbations of varying durations: Comparison of experimental data and model simulations. Journal of Biomechanics, 2018, 75, pp.89-95. ⟨10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.05.010⟩. ⟨hal-01794074⟩
  • R. Tisserand, S. Armand, G. Allali, A. Schnider, S. Baillieul. Cognitive-motor dual-task interference modulates mediolateral dynamic stability during gait in post-stroke individuals. Human Movement Science, 2018, 58, pp. 175-184. ⟨10.1016/j.humov.2018.01.012⟩. ⟨hal-02483621⟩
  • Romain Tisserand, Yannick Fonollosa, Thomas Robert, Laurence Cheze, Pascal Chabaud. A Short Duration Co-vibration Protocol of Antagonist Ankle Muscles to Induce Compensatory Postural Adjustments in Quiet Standing. American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 2017, 5 (6), pp.66-69. ⟨10.11648/j.ajpn.20170506.12⟩. ⟨hal-01727053⟩
  • Romain Tisserand, Thomas Robert, Pascal Chabaud, Marc Bonnefoy, Laurence Cheze. Elderly Fallers Enhance Dynamic Stability Through Anticipatory Postural Adjustments during a Choice Stepping Reaction Time. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2016, 10, 15 p. ⟨10.3389/fnhum.2016.00613⟩. ⟨hal-01425176⟩
  • Romain Tisserand, Thomas Robert, Raphaël Dumas, Laurence Cheze. A simplified marker set to define the center of mass for stability analysis in dynamic situations. Gait & Posture, 2016, 48, pp.64-67. ⟨10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.04.032⟩. ⟨hal-01323271v2⟩
  • Romain Tisserand, Pascal Chabaud, Pierre Livet, Marc Bonnefoy, Laurence Cheze. Comparison between investigations of induced stepping postural responses and voluntary steps to better detect community-dwelling elderly fallers. Neurophysiologie Clinique = Clinical Neurophysiology, 2015, 45 (4-5), pp. 269-284. ⟨10.1016/j.neucli.2015.07.003⟩. ⟨hal-01281156⟩
  • Pascal Vallee, Romain Tisserand, Thomas Robert. Possible recovery or unavoidable fall? A model to predict the one step balance recovery threshold and its stepping characteristics. Journal of Biomechanics, 2015, 48 (14), pp. 3905-3911. ⟨10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.09.024⟩. ⟨hal-01279587⟩
  • Romain Bechet, Romain Tisserand, Laetitia Fradet, Floren Colloud. Différences de processus anticipatoires entre l'initiation de la marche et du pas. 23ème congrès de la SOFAMEA, Société Francophone d'Analyse du Mouvement, Jan 2025, Paris, France. ⟨hal-04907577⟩
  • Aurélie Benchekri, Romain Tisserand, Christel Bidet-Ildei, É Lemonnier, A Amestoy, et al.. Slow anticipatory postural adjustments during gait initiation in autistic children. 48eme Congrès de la Société de Biomécanique, Oct 2023, Grenoble, France. pp.249_250. ⟨hal-04289109⟩
  • Romain Bechet, Romain Tisserand, Adrien Péneaud, Laetitia Fradet, Floren Colloud. Anticipatory landing strategies differ between the lower and the upper limbs. 48eme Congrès de la Société de Biomécanique, Société de Biomécanique, Oct 2023, Grenoble, France. pp.s162-s164. ⟨hal-04268229⟩
  • Romain Bechet, Romain Tisserand, Laetitia Fradet, Floren Colloud. Anticipatory muscle tendon kinematics during landing and drop-jumping tasks. ECSS 2023 - 28th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Jul 2023, Paris, France. ⟨hal-04231525⟩
  • Romain Bechet, Romain Tisserand, Laetitia Fradet, Floren Colloud. Invariant kinematic consequences of muscular anticipation during landing and drop-jumping. CMBBE 2023 - 18th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, May 2023, Paris, France. ⟨hal-04231519⟩
  • Jules Plard, Romain Tisserand, Laetitia Fradet, Thomas Robert. Influence de contraintes sensorimotrices sur les mécanismes de maintien de la posture debout chez l’humain sain et lombalgique. XXIème congrès de la SOFAMEA, Apr 2023, Saint Etienne, France. ⟨hal-04984759⟩
  • Romain Bechet, Romain Tisserand, Laetitia Fradet, Floren Colloud. A scoping review on anticipatory muscular activations during movement-to-movement transitions. SB 2022, 47eme Congrès de la Société de Biomécanique, Société de Biomécanique, Oct 2022, Monastir, Tunisia. pp.s23-s25. ⟨hal-04231501⟩
  • Jennifer Vaur, Thomas Robert, Romain Tisserand. Intermittent mechanical actions completing inverted-pendulum-like actions for standing balance in humains. 46ème congrès de la Société de Biomécanique, Oct 2021, Saint-Etienne, France. pp S77-S79, ⟨10.1080/10255842.2021.1978758⟩. ⟨hal-03908004⟩
  • Yannick Fonollosa, Romain Tisserand, Suliann Ben Hamed, Thomas Robert, Laurence Cheze, et al.. Évaluation du contrôle inhibiteur lors de l'initiation d'un pas volontaire dans une tâche de temps de réaction de choix. 24ième congrès de la Société Francophone Posture Equilibre Mouvement, Dec 2017, MONTPELLIER, France. p. 342, ⟨10.1016/j.neucli.2017.10.015⟩. ⟨hal-01777882⟩
  • Marie-Laure Mille, Pascal Vallee, Romain Tisserand, Jean-Louis Vercher, Richard C. Fitzpatrick, et al.. Experimental vs. model-based comparison of stepping threshold in response to external force-controlled perturbation. 2017 ISPGR World Congress, Jun 2017, FORT LAUDERDALE, United States. 2 p. ⟨hal-01791265⟩
  • Romain Tisserand, Thomas Robert, Pascal Chabaud, Marc Bonnefoy, Laurence Cheze. Elderly fallers enhance dynamic stability through anticipatory postural adjustments during a choice stepping reaction time. 2017 ISPGR World Congress, Jun 2017, FORT LAUDERDALE, United States. 3 p. ⟨hal-01791319⟩
  • Aurélie Benchekri, L Fradet, Romain Tisserand, H Cottenceau, É Lemonnier, et al.. Motor anticipation is disrupted during fine and gross motor control in ASD children. INSAR 2024, May 2024, Melbourne, France. ⟨hal-04598280⟩
  • Aurélie Benchekri, Laetitia Fradet, Romain Tisserand, Christel Bidet-Ildei. Mieux comprendre les déficits moteurs associés aux troubles du spectre autistique : approche biomécanique et cognitive. 61 ème congrès de la Société Française de Psychologie, Dec 2021, Tours, France. ⟨hal-03566711⟩
  • Aurélie Benchekri, Laetitia Fradet, Romain Tisserand, C. Bidet-Ildei. Fine morphocinetic motions in ASD children: effect of writing amplitude on the isochrony principle. 19ème congrès de l’association des chercheurs en activités physiques et sportives (ACAPS), Oct 2021, Montpellier, France. ⟨hal-03410750⟩
  • Romain Tisserand. Mécanismes du rattrapage de l’équilibre et évaluation du risque de chute chez une population âgée autonome. Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]. Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I, 2015. Français. ⟨NNT : 2015LYO10240⟩. ⟨tel-01273323⟩

Research Team

Interactions: Sensorimotor and Communication and Robotics and Biomechanics of Sport and Health (RoBioSS)

Research Topics

  • Biomechanical characterization of motor coordination involved in balance control during human movements
  • Assessment of biomechanical, physiological, psychological and cognitive indicators of balance disorders and risk of falling in ageing and pathological populations (Parkinson, post-stroke, dementia)
  • Sensorimotor control processes (vestibular, proprioceptive, visual) controlling balance and movement in humans

Keywords:

Balance, Human Motion Analysis, Sensorimotor control, Ageing, Fall Prevention

Scientific collaborations

  • Pr. Jean-Sébastien Blouin, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Pr. Mark Carpenter, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Pr. Laurence Chèze, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
  • Dr. Christopher Dakin, Utah University, Logan, UT, Etats-Unis
  • Dr. Patrick Forbes, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Pays-Bas
  • Dr. Pascal Chabaud, Institut des Neurosciences Cognitives, Lyon, France

Member of the international research cluster “Origins of Balance Deficits and Falls”

Teaching activities

  • Sport performance indicators –bio-informational aspects and motor control, Bachelor Degree in Sport Science – specialty Sport Performance Training, Université de Poitiers
  • Biomechanics and Handicap, Master’s Degree in Sport Science – specialty Engineering of Reeducation, Handicap and Motor Performance, Université de Poitiers
  • Biomechanics, Undergraduate, Université de Poitiers
  • Psychology and Neuroscience, Undergraduate, Université de Poitiers

Publications selected

Tisserand, R., Dakin, C., Van der Loos, M., Croft, E., Inglis, T., Blouin, J-S. (2018). Down regulation of vestibular balance stabilizing mechanisms to enable transitions between motor states. eLife, e36123

Tisserand, R., Armand, S., Allali, G., Schnider, A., Baillieul, S. (2018). Cognitive-motor dual-task interference modulates mediolateral dynamic stability during gait in post-stroke individuals. Human Movement Science, 58, 175-184

Tisserand, R., Robert, T., Chabaud P., Bonnefoy, M., Chèze L. (2016). Elderly fallers enhance dynamic stability through anticipatory postural adjustments during a choice stepping reaction time. Frontiers in Human Neurosciences, 10, 613

Tisserand, R., Robert, T., Dumas, R., Chèze L. (2016). A simplified marker set to define the center of mass for stability analysis in dynamic situations. Gait and Posture, 48, 64-67

Tisserand, R., Robert, T., Chabaud, P., Livet, P., Bonnefoy, M., Chèze, L. (2015). Comparison between investigations of induced stepping postural responses and voluntary steps to better detect community-dwelling elderly fallers. Neurophysiologie Clinique, 45(4-5), 269-285

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