Papers

A full list of my published work is on Google Scholar and ResearchGate. Selected papers are listed below, most recent first.

2026

  • Truong, L.K. Wrightson, J.G. Vincent, R. Lui, E. Couch, J.L. Wang, E. Starcevich, C. Giustini, D. Haagaard, A. Lopatina, E. van Berkel, N. Rathleff, M.S. and Ardern, C.L. (2026), Evidence for digital health tools designed to support the triage of musculoskeletal conditions in primary, urgent, and emergency care settings: scoping review, Journal of Medical Internet Research.

2025

  • Wrightson, J.G. Blazey, P. Moher, D. Khan, K.M. and Ardern, C.L. (2025), GPT for RCTs? Using AI to determine adherence to clinical trial reporting guidelines, BMJ Open.
  • Dekerle, J. Wrightson, J.G. and Greenhouse-Tucknott, A. (2025), A new framework to understand and study exercise-induced perceived fatigue as a metacognitive inference of dyshomeostasis, Sports Medicine.
  • Greenhouse-Tucknott, A. Wrightson, J.G. Berens, S. Dekerle, J. and Harrison, N.A. (2025), Perceived fatigue does not alter effort-based decision making but does undermine confidence in the ability to perform physical actions, Physiology & Behavior. Preprint.

2024

  • Lagisz, M. Rutkowska, J. Aich, U. Ross, R.M. Santana, M.S. Wang, J. Trubanová, N. Page, M.J. Pua, A.A.Y. Yang, Y. Amin, B. Martinig, A.R. Barnett, A. Surendran, A. Zhang, J. Borg, D.N. Elisee, J. Wrightson, J.G. and Nakagawa, S. (2024), “Best Paper” awards lack transparency, inclusivity, and support for Open Science, PLoS Biology.

2023

  • Wrightson, J.G. Cole, J. Sohn, M.N. and McGirr, A. (2023), The effects of D-Cycloserine on corticospinal excitability after repeated spaced intermittent theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation: a randomized controlled trial in healthy individuals, Neuropsychopharmacology.
  • Kahl, C.K. Giuffre, A. Wrightson, J.G. Zewdie, E. Condliffe, E.G. MacMaster, F.P. and Kirton, A. (2023), Reliability of active robotic neuro-navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation motor maps, Experimental Brain Research.
  • Diot, C.M. Thomas, R.L. Raess, L. Wrightson, J.G. and Condliffe, E.G. (2023), Robotic lower extremity exoskeleton use in a non-ambulatory child with cerebral palsy: a case study, Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology.

2022

  • Wurz, A. Culos-Reed, S.N. Franklin, K. DeMars, J. Wrightson, J.G. and Twomey, R. (2022), “I feel like my body is broken”: exploring the experiences of people living with long COVID, Quality of Life Research. Preprint.
  • Twomey, R. DeMars, J. Franklin, K. Culos-Reed, S.N. Weatherald, J. and Wrightson, J.G. (2022), Chronic fatigue and postexertional malaise in people living with long COVID: an observational study, Physical Therapy. Preprint.
  • Kahl, C.K. Swansburg, R. Hai, T. Wrightson, J.G. Bell, T. Lemay, J.F. Kirton, A. and MacMaster, F.P. (2022), Differences in neurometabolites and transcranial magnetic stimulation motor maps in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience.
  • Kahl, C.K. Giuffre, A. Wrightson, J.G. Kirton, A. Condliffe, E.G. MacMaster, F.P. and Zewdie, E. (2022), Active versus resting neuro-navigated robotic transcranial magnetic stimulation motor mapping, Physiological Reports.
  • Husain, S. Wrightson, J.G. Johnson, E. Brunton, L. and Condliffe, E.G. (2022), Walking and fatigue in people with cerebral palsy: brief report, Developmental Neurorehabilitation.
  • Greenhouse-Tucknott, A. Butterworth, J.B. Wrightson, J.G. Smeeton, N.J. Critchley, H.D. Dekerle, J. and Harrison, N.A. (2022), Toward the unity of pathological and exertional fatigue: a predictive processing model, Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. Preprint.
  • Greenhouse-Tucknott, A. Butterworth, J.B. Wrightson, J.G. Harrison, N.A. and Dekerle, J. (2022), Effect of the subjective intensity of fatigue and interoception on perceptual regulation and performance during sustained physical activity, PLoS ONE. Preprint.
  • Brownstein, C.G. Twomey, R. Temesi, J. Wrightson, J.G. Martin, T. Medysky, M.E. Culos-Reed, S.N. and Millet, G.Y. (2022), Physiological and psychosocial correlates of cancer-related fatigue, Journal of Cancer Survivorship. Preprint.

2021

  • Kirton, A. Metzler, M. Craig, B. Hilderley, A. Dunbar, M. Giuffre, A. Wrightson, J.G. Zewdie, E. and Carlson, H. (2021), Perinatal stroke: mapping and modulating developmental plasticity to optimize outcomes, Nature Reviews Neurology.
  • Twomey, R. Yeung, S. Wrightson, J.G. Sung, L. Robinson, P.D. Millet, G.Y. and Culos-Reed, S.N. (2021), Physical activity in adults with fatigue after cancer treatment: a systematic review of randomized trials with fatigue as an eligibility criterion, Communications in Kinesiology. Preprint.
  • Giuffre, A. Zewdie, E. Carlson, H. Wrightson, J.G. Kuo, H.C. Cole, L. and Kirton, A. (2021), Robotic transcranial magnetic stimulation motor maps and hand function in adolescents, Physiological Reports.
  • Giuffre, A. Kahl, C. Zewdie, E. Wrightson, J.G. Bourgeois, A. Condliffe, E.G. and Kirton, A. (2021), Reliability of robotic transcranial magnetic stimulation motor mapping, Journal of Neurophysiology.
  • Kahl, C.K. Kirton, A. Pringsheim, T. Croarkin, P. Zewdie, E. Swansburg, R. Wrightson, J.G. Langevin, L.M. and MacMaster, F.P. (2021), Bilateral transcranial magnetic stimulation of the supplementary motor area in children with Tourette’s syndrome, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.
  • Greenhouse-Tucknott, A. Pickering, S. Butterworth, J. Smeeton, N.J. Wrightson, J.G. and Dekerle, J. (2021), Prolonged cognitive activity increases perception of fatigue but does not influence perception of effort, affect or performance during subsequent isometric endurance exercise, Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology. Preprint.

2020

  • Wrightson, J.G. Twomey, R. Yeung, S.T. and Millet, G.Y. (2020), No effect of tDCS of the primary motor cortex on isometric exercise performance or perceived fatigue, European Journal of Neuroscience. Preprint. Data.
  • Twomey, R. Yeung, S.T. Wrightson, J.G. Millet, G.Y. and Culos-Reed, S.N. (2020), Post-exertional malaise in people with chronic cancer-related fatigue, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Preprint.
  • Greenhouse-Tucknott, A. Wrightson, J.G. Raynsford, M. Harrison, N.A. and Dekerle, J. (2020), Interactions between perceptions of fatigue, effort, and affect decrease knee extensor endurance performance following upper body motor activity, independent of changes in neuromuscular function, Psychophysiology. Preprint.
  • Wrightson, J.G. Schäfer, L. and Smeeton, N.J. (2020), Dual-task prioritization during overground and treadmill walking in healthy adults, Gait & Posture. Preprint. Data.
  • Wrightson, J.G. Zewdie, E. Kuo, C.H. Millet, G.Y. and Kirton, A. (2020), Fatigue in children with perinatal stroke: clinical and neurophysiological associations, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.

2016–2019

  • Dekerle, J. Ansdell, A. Tucknott, A.J. Schaefer, L. and Wrightson, J.G. (2019), Methodological issues with the assessment of voluntary activation using transcranial magnetic stimulation in the knee extensors, European Journal of Applied Physiology.
  • Wrightson, J.G. and Smeeton, N.J. (2017), Walking modality, but not task difficulty, influences the control of dual-task walking, Gait & Posture, 58, 136–138.
  • Wrightson, J.G. Ross, E.Z. and Smeeton, N.J. (2016), The effect of cognitive-task type and walking speed on dual-task gait in healthy adults, Motor Control.

Preprints

  • Wrightson, J.G. Carlson, H.L. Condliffe, E.G. and Kirton, A. (2022), Fatigue in perinatal stroke is associated with resting-state functional connectivity, Preprint.