Research Impact : The effect of blood flow restriction training (BFR) on maximal aerobic capacity (VO2max) has been well documented. However, the exact mechanism for these improvements have yet to be identified, with both central […]
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Publication: Impact of Blood Flow Restriction Exercise on Central Hemodynamics and Fluid Regulating Hormones
Research Impact : To further investigate the physiological impact of blood flow restriction exercise (BFR), we examined i) the effect of different occlusion pressures on several cardiovascular measures (echocardiographic images, heart rate, blood pressure), ii) […]
recruitment: Research Assistant opportunity with the ‘justice ed’ project – professor elaine murtagh.
Research Assistant Opportunity Education for global justice, solidarity and interconnectedness: Developing and disseminating social justice approaches across physical education teacher education programmes (Justice Ed) The Justice Ed project is looking to recruit a Research Assistant (half day […]
Left behind: inequalities in the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among adolescents in the WHO European Region
Research Impact: The COVID-19 pandemic had created many restrictions on the lives of adolescents around the world. In this report, we looked at those adolescents in 22 countries who reported COVID-19 had a negative impact […]
Publication: Psychometric Validation of the Tactical Assessment Instrument in Football for Use in Physical Education and with Youth Sport Teams
Research Impact: Recently, the Tactical Assessment Instrument in Football (TAIS) was developed to address football’s tactical requirements. In this study, TAIS obtained psychometric support for assessing learning of football tactics in PE and youth sport […]
2023 Most Outstanding Paper – Antonio Calderón.
The paper titled ‘Digital technology and teacher digital competency in physical education: a holistic view of teacher and student perspectives’, has been selected as the 2023 Most Outstanding Paper for the journal of Curriculum Studies […]
Publication: Teachers’ professional development needs: a critical analysis of TALIS through structural equation modelling
Research Impact: This paper aims to contribute to TALIS corpus of critical research literature by exploring teachers’ voice through structural equation modelling, to challenge teachers’ professional development needs based on TALIS 2018. 153,674 teachers from […]
Updating the Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Ireland – Dr. Dylan Power.
Guideline: Team led by PESS Researcher produces updated physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines for Ireland. In 2009, the Department of Health & Children published the National Physical Activity Guidelines for Ireland offering recommendations for […]
Publication: If ‘the medium is the message’, what do students learn to do in NLP and GBAs within physical education?
Research Impact: There is a proliferation of Game Based Approaches (GBAs) and Non-Linear Pedagogy (NLP) approach in research literature. Although comparisons between approaches have arisen at a theoretical level, there is no comparison of the […]
The experience of two PME graduates attending the Physical Education Academy research gathering in Ankara, Turkey – Anthony O’Leary & Chelsee Snell.
This blog accounts the experiences of two students enrolled in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS) who participated in an international research initiative known as ‘The Physical Education Teacher Academy.’ The overarching […]
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