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Gianluca Vernillo
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Latest papers
Correlations Between the Metabolic Costs of Level and Graded Running: A Secondary Analysis of the Literature.
Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026
The interactive effects of biological sex and skeletal muscle fiber properties on knee-extensor muscle relaxation induced by TMS in unfatigued and fatigued states.
European journal of applied physiology · 2026 · senior author
On the importance of studying ultra-marathon.
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme · 2026 · first author
Latest funding
- $175,452
Augustana Movement and Diabetes Laboratory
CFI · 2023 · Principal investigator
6 publications.
Correlations Between the Metabolic Costs of Level and Graded Running: A Secondary Analysis of the Literature.
Espeit L, Besson T, Sabater-Pastor F, Tondut J, Hoogkamer W, Kram R, Lemire M, Millet GP, Savoldelli A, Vercruyssen F, Vernillo G, Millet GY
The interactive effects of biological sex and skeletal muscle fiber properties on knee-extensor muscle relaxation induced by TMS in unfatigued and fatigued states.
Barbi C, Temesi J, Giuriato G, Laginestra FG, Martignon C, Moro T, Millet GY, Schena F, Venturelli M, Vernillo G
On the importance of studying ultra-marathon.
Vernillo G, Millet G
Effects of Foot-Strike Pattern on Neuromuscular Function During a Prolonged Graded Run
Gianluca Vernillo, Matheus Aguiar, Aldo Savoldelli, Aaron Martínez, Marlène Giandolini, Nicolas Horvais, William Brent Edwards, Guillaume Y. Millet
Skeletal muscle fiber type and TMS-induced muscle relaxation in unfatigued and fatigued knee-extensor muscles.
Barbi C, Temesi J, Giuriato G, Laginestra FG, Martignon C, Moro T, Schena F, Venturelli M, Vernillo G
Sex differences in neuromuscular and biological determinants of isometric maximal force.
Giuriato G, Romanelli MG, Bartolini D, Vernillo G, Pedrinolla A, Moro T, Franchi M, Locatelli E, Andani ME, Laginestra FG, Barbi C, Aloisi GF, Cavedon V, Milanese C, Orlandi E, De Simone T, Fochi S, Patuzzo C, Malerba G, Fabene P, Donadelli M, Stabile AM, Pistilli A, Rende M, Galli F, Schena F, Venturelli M
Augustana Movement and Diabetes Laboratory
Principal investigators: Vernillo, Gianluca
Keywords: diabetes, exercise, physical activity, blood glucose management, aging, sex and gender, rural health lab renovations, exercise equipment, fitness testing equipment
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
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