Understanding what limits human performance to enhance sport performance, health and resilience.
Dr Billaut is an exercise physiologist and sport scientist whose research examines the physiological mechanisms that limit human performance and how these mechanisms can be manipulated through training and targeted interventions to foster long-term performance, health and resilience. His work focuses particularly on neuromuscular fatigue, muscle and cerebral oxygenation, high-intensity and repeated-sprint exercise, hypoxia and altitude, and blood-flow restriction modalities. He combines laboratory research with applied sport science to translate physiological measurements and experimental findings into practical strategies for testing, training and recovery.
His experience working with world-class athletes and coaches in Australia and Canada across varied disciplines provides the foundation for research partnerships that connect scientific discovery with real-world performance problems.
Selected Publications
- Normandin L, Guézennec J, Paradis-Deschênes P, Billaut F (2026). Effects of 6-day ischaemic preconditioning on adaptations to an altitude training camp in cross-country skiers. J Sports Sci 3: 1-13
- Chambion-Diaz M, Chertin J, Pialoux V, Billaut F (2025). Combination of weight reduction and hypoxia on physiological and perceptual responses to a high-intensity interval exercise. J Sports Sci 43: 729-737
- Bourgeois H, Paradis-Deschênes P, Billaut F (2025). High-intensity interval training with blood-flow restriction enhances sprint and maximal aerobic power in male endurance athletes. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 50: 1-11
- Brocherie F, Billaut F, Deldicque L (2023). Editorial: Sex differences in sport performance. Front Sports Act Living 5:1230330
- Billaut F (2022). Editorial: Special Issue “Optimising interval training prescription”. Sports 10:87
- Lemaître F, Billaut F, Joulia F (2022). Editorial: Usefulness of a better knowledge of breath-holding physiology for athletic training and pathologies. Front Physiol 13: 858371
- Lapointe J, Paradis-Deschênes P, Woorons W, Lemaître F, Billaut F (2020). Impact of voluntary hypoventilation training on muscle oxygenation, myoelectrical changes, systemic [K+] and repeated-sprint ability in basketball players. Front Sports Act Living 2: 29
- Paquette M, Bieuzen F, Billaut F (2018). Muscle oxygenation rather than VO2max is a strong predictor of performance in sprint canoe-kayak. Int J Sports Physiol Perform 13: 1299-1307
- Inness M, Billaut F, Aughey R (2017). Live high-train low improves repeated time-trial and Yo-Yo IR2 performance in sub-elite team-sport athletes. J Sci Med Sports 20: 190-195
- Girard O, Amann M, Aughey RJ, Billaut F, Bishop DJ, Bourdon P, Buchheit M, Chapman R, D’Hooghe M, Garvican-Lewis LG, Gore CJ, Millet GP, Roach GD, Sargent C, Saunders PU, Schmidt W, Schumacher YO (2013). International position statement – Altitude training for improving team-sport players performance: current knowledge and unresolved issues. Brit J Sports Med 47: i8-i16
- Billaut F, Gore CJ, Aughey RJ (2012). Enhancing team-sport athlete performance: is altitude training relevant? Sports Med 42: 751-767