Dr. MELANIE HENRY
 
 
First Name
MELANIE
Last Name
HENRY
University/Institution
University of Colorado Boulder
Email ID
melanie.henry@colorado.edu
City
Boulder
Country
United States
State
Colorado
Zip code
80309
Department
Integrative Physiology
Area of Research
Neurophysiology
Area of Expertise
Motor control
Brief Description of Research Interest:
 

I received my Ph.D. in Motor Skills Sciences from the Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), where my research focused on the impact of healthy aging proprioception and its implications for motor control. Then, I joinded the University of Colorado Boulder as Postdoctoral Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation. During this fellowship, I investigated the neural substrates associated with age-related changes in proprioception. I am currently working as a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Colorado Boulder to investigate the therapeutic properties of electrostimulation and their benefits for postural control in individuals living with multiple sclerosis. My long term objective is to develop clinical tools to improve the quality of life of people living with neuromuscular diseases.

 
Representative Publications:
 

Review of the literature

Theodosiadou A, Henry M, Duchateau J & Baudry S. (2022) Revisiting the use of Hoffmann reflex in motor control research on humans. Eur J Appl Physiol. 123(4):695-710.

Henry M & Baudry S. (2019) Age-related changes in leg proprioception: implications for postural control, J Neurophysiol., 122(2):525-538.

Experimental papers

Esrefoglu A, Henry M, and Baudry S. (2024) Influence of proprioceptive inputs and force feedback modality on force reproduction performance. J Mot Behav. 56(2):150-160.

Henry M, Duchateau J & Baudry S. (2023) Age‐related changes in sensory and motor components of the Hoffmann‐reflex pathway of the flexor carpi radialis. Eur J Neurosci. 57(11):1803-1814.

Henry M, Esrefoglu A, Duchateau J and Baudry S. (2022) Effects of tendon vibration and age on force reproduction task performed with wrist flexors. Exp Brain Res. 240 : 941–951.

Giboin LS, Tokuno C, Kramer A, Henry M, Gruber M. (2020) Motor learning induces time-dependent plasticity that is observable at the spinal cord level. J Physiol.;598(10):1943-1963.