Impact Summary: This study investigated the relationship between sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass and strength) and ventilatory response during exercise in 169 male patients with heart failure (HF). Sarcopenia, present in 17% of participants, was […]
Category: Publications
Publication: The Relationship Between Training Load and Injury in Competitive Swimming: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study
Research Impact: Training load monitoring is employed to quantify training demands, to determine individual physiological adaptions and to examine the dose–response relationship, ultimately reducing the likelihood of injury and making a meaningful impact on performance. […]
Publication: The awareness, knowledge, and experience of female rugby players of contact breast injuries and exercise induced breast pain – An international survey
Research Impact: This research highlights the often-overlooked challenges faced by female Rugby Union players regarding contact breast injuries and exercise-induced breast pain. Research focusing on female athletes and female athletes themselves will benefit from this […]
Publication: Working Principles of Practice for Enacting Social Justice Pedagogies in Physical Education Teacher Education
Research Impact: Acknowledging a lack of literature on how to teach about, through, and for social justice in PETE, we, five physical education teacher educators, studied our own practice as teacher educators “doing” social justice […]
Welcome to the Autumn 2024 PESS Newsletter!
In this edition, we’re excited to bring you an in-depth look at the remarkable achievements and key events that have taken place within our @PessLimerick community! The Newsletter includes highlights on academic staff, research teams, […]
Publication: A figurational analysis of Health and/or Physical Education teacher educators’ conceptualisations of policy, and their sociogenesis
Research Impact: All health and physical education (HPE) professionals, including teacher educators, have a collective responsibility to engage with policy but existing research tells us little about how HPE teacher educators (H/PETEs) understand policy. Drawing […]
Publication: Social networks and mobile learning in Physical Education: Creating design principles collaboratively
Research Impact: The aim of this study was to co-create together with physical education teachers and students, design principles to guide the pedagogical approaches where digital technologies and social media are used. Design-based research informed […]
Publication: Cycling position optimisation – a systematic review of the impact of positional changes on biomechanical and physiological factors in cycling
Research Impact: Bike positional configuration changes strongly affect cycling performance. While consensus has emerged on saddle height optimisation, there is none for the relationship between other bike positional variables and cycling performance. Accordingly, this systematic […]
Publication: Training volume, intensity, & performance of world-class Chinese rowers prior to the 2019 world championships: A case study
Research Impact: Six world-class Chinese male rowers participated in the study. The training volume in different modalities and intensities were recorded over 44 weeks. To evaluate rowing performance, rowers completed four 2000 m and 5000 […]
New Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Ireland.
PESS staff member(s) Prof. Elaine Murtagh & Assoc. Prof Gráinne Hayes featured on HSE Talking Health & Wellbeing podcast. They discussed: 1. Overview of new guidelines 2. Incorporating daily Movement 3. Updates from previous […]
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