Sven Egger

Master of Science

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

Diploma Assistant / Assistant paid with third-party funding
Medicine Section

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Postdoc
Medicine Section

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Biography

Since October 2017, i have completed my Master's degree in sports science with a specialization in health and research at the University of Fribourg. Before that, i completed my bachelor's degree at the Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen SFISM. At the moment, I am focusing on topics such as interference, balance and motor learning.

Research and publications

Publications

4 publications

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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