In this seminar, Dr. Toth will discuss the role that inner ear information has in areas of cognitive neuroscience, biomechanics, neurophysiology, clinical therapies and sport sciences. Galvanic vestibular stimulation, a sophisticated technique used to explore […]
Recently, students and faculty ‘Dressed to Impress’ as part of the 2017 Annual PESS Ball which took place on the 1st of November in the Strand Hotel, Limerick. A great night was had by all […]
Thursday 30 November 2017 10am to 3.30pm P1-033, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick The University of Limerick issued an invitation to policy makers and teacher educators nationally to […]
Research Impact: Dr. Tadhg MacIntyre and Dr. Deirdre O’Shea, both of the Health Research Institute at UL, recently edited a research topic on mental health in sport in the Open Access Journal Frontiers in Psychology: Movement […]
Media Alert: The Journal of Nutrition Protein-rich breakfasts and lunches increase lean tissue mass in the elderly As hypothesized, whereas lean body mass decreased in the control group, those consuming the additional protein […]
This blog post details some of my opinions around the use of high-intensity interval training (HIT) for those participating at recreational and competitive level endurance events in sports such as running, rowing, cycling, swimming, triathlon […]
In Ireland, limited physical activity data exist that have been collected from representative samples of children and even fewer data collected where physical activity has been measured with precision (1-5). Action 50 of the National […]
I am currently in the 4th year of my PhD studies working on the Student Activity and Sport Study Ireland (SASSI) under the supervision of Prof. Catherine Woods and Dr. Ciaran MacDonncha. My research […]
In the past, sports and exercise nutritionists (SEN) may have been perceived as finger-wagging food police, who had a few good recipes up their sleeves and could let you know whether it was safe […]
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