Summary: This systematic review examines the relationship between rowing related low back pain and rowing biomechanics involving the spine, pelvis and hips. It is one of five components which form part of a ‘2021 consensus […]
Author: PESS
The Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences is based part of the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences at the University of Limerick, Ireland. The department has a strong research focus with ever increasing metrics related to research. The department offers undergraduate and taught postgraduate courses in Physical Education, Sport & Exercise Sciences, Sports Performance, Sports Exercise & Performance Psychology. In addition, we have a strong reputation for postgraduate research at both PhD and MSc level.
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Planning for PB’s – The training patterns of an elite 200m freestyle swimmer – Lorna Barry
Great Olympic moments help shape the future. This was never so evident than at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Ian Thorpe, a world-record holder, Pieter van den Hoogenband, the defending Olympic champion and the up-and-coming […]
Sports Coaching at the University of Limerick
About This page provides an overview of the Sports Coaching-related teaching, research and consultancy activity undertaken within the Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick. The page serves to promote […]
Reflections on the year gone by – Giles Warrington
As we draw a close to the first full semester of the ‘new normal’ that is remote teaching it is an opportune time to reflect on some of the notable achievements of the PESS Department […]
Editorial:Human-Nature Interactions: Perspectives on Conceptual and Methodological Issues.
Research Impact: The editorial is the first output from the GoGreenRoutes team -with partners and advisory board members including PESS graduate Dr Noel Brick at Ulster University. The special issue of 20 publications brought together […]
Publication: 10 years of the Active School Flag in Irish primary schools
The Active School Flag, a whole-school physical activity promotion initiative, has been offered to primary schools in Ireland since 2009. This programme was developed by the Department of Education and is supported by the Department […]
Publication: Epidemiology of Joint Associations of Physical Activity and Sitting Time during COVID Among US Adults
Research Impact: We determined the self-reported prevalence of meeting US physical activity guidelines, stratified by sitting time, during the early lockdown phase of COVID-19 (April 3rd – May 4th, 2020) among 5,036 US adults (65.3% […]
Publication: The effects of ecologically-valid resistance exercise training among young adults with analogue Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A randomized controlled trial
Research Impact: We quantified the effects of eight weeks of WHO and ACSM guidelines-based resistance exercise training (RET), compared to a wait-list control, among 44 young adults with subclinical, or analogue GAD AGAD). Participants significantly […]
MSc Sports Performance International Graduates – reflections and where are they now? Dr. Mark Lyons
Since 2012, the MSc Sports Performance programme has attracted students from all over the world including the US, UK, Brazil, Luxemburg, France, India, USA, Australia, Malaysia, Poland and China. The course has worldwide appeal as […]
‘pose pause pounce bounce’: Thinking creatively & differently about teaching the wellbeing indicators
Ross Wallace is a practicing teacher and a Professional Masters of Educational (physical education) PESS graduate, and Dylan Scanlon is a PhD Researcher in PESS; both of us have an interest in enacting curriculum policy […]
