Sven Egger

Dr. phil.

sven.egger@unifr.ch
+41 26 300 7285
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4623-7201

Postdoc
Medicine Section

PER 21 bu. F440
Bd de Pérolles 90
1700 Fribourg

PER 21, F440

+41 26 300 7285

Biography

Since October 2017, I have held a Master's degree in Sports Science with a specialization in Health and Research from the University of Fribourg. Prior to that, I completed my Bachelor's degree at the Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen (SFISM). In 2025, I completed my PhD at the University of Fribourg on the topic "Consolidation of balance tasks – with a focus on the primary motor cortex." I am currently focusing on related research areas, including interference, balance, and motor learning.

Research and publications

Publications

6 publications

Repetitive Magnetic Stimuli Over the Motor Cortex Impair Consolidation of a Balance Task by Suppressing Up‐Regulation of Intracortical Inhibition
Sven Egger, Michael Wälchli, Samuel Meyer, Wolfgang Taube, European Journal of Neuroscience (2025) | Journal article

Rebalance the Inhibitory System in the Elderly Brain: Influence of Balance Learning on GABAergic Inhibition and Functional Connectivity
Alessandra Griffa, Giulio Gambarota, Wolfgang Taube, Lijing Xin, Xinyu Liu, Selin Scherrer, Sven Egger, Song‐I Lim, Benedikt Lauber, Ileana Jelescu, Human Brain Mapping (2024) | Journal article

Improved subjective sleep quality after three months of balance learning in older adults
Selin Scherrer, Sven Egger, Xinyu Liu, Anna Wick, Lijing Xin, Benedikt Lauber, Wolfgang Taube, Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS) (2024) | Journal article

Short-term balance consolidation relies on the primary motor cortex: a rTMS study
S. Egger and M. Wälchli and E. Rüeger and W. Taube, Scientific Reports (2023) | Journal article

Effects of an external compared to an internal focus of attention on the excitability of fast and slow(er) motor pathways
Yves-Alain Kuhn and Martin Keller and Sven Egger and Wolfgang Taube, Scientific Reports (2021) | Journal article

Interference of balance tasks revisited: Consolidation of a novel balance task is impaired by subsequent learning of a similar postural task
S. Egger and M. Wälchli and E. Rüeger and W. Taube, Gait & Posture (2021) | Journal article

Teaching and courses

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