Annabelle Couillandre

Annabelle Couillandre serves as a Lecturer at the School of Physiotherapy within the University of Orléans, France. Her work is affiliated with laboratory team 4532 'Complexity, innovation, motor and sporting activities' which focuses on performance, motor skills, physical activity, sport, rehabilitation and health.

Dr. Couillandre's research centers on two major interconnected themes. The first examines human motor skills and sensorimotor adaptations during walking initiation through both biomechanical (kinematics, kinetics, electromyography) and cognitive neuroscience perspectives. Her work investigates central and peripheral processes including basal ganglia function, sensory inputs, and structure/function relationships in movement control. The second research theme focuses on health prevention and promotion through physical activity and sport for specific populations, with particular attention to high-level athletes and classical dancers where artistic performance optimization often compromises individual health.

Her research contributes to the 'neuromechanics and modeling of postural balance and voluntary movement' and 'rehabilitation, manual therapy and motor control' thematic areas within her laboratory. She approaches health as a bio-psycho-social well-being state, though her research specifically examines it through life sciences perspectives including muscular strength, walking, and balance functions.