Research Impact: Most physical education (PE) research pertaining to COVID-19 has focused on the (negative) implications and difficulties PE teachers face during this pandemic period. In fact, despite informed calls for reform and radical change […]
Category: Research
Publication: Neuromuscular Plantar Flexor Performance of Sprinters versus Physically Active Individuals
Research Impact: Comparison of the neuromuscular performance of different athlete types may give insight into the in-vivo variability of these measures and their underpinning mechanisms. Explosive torque production was greater in sprinters, evidenced by greater […]
Data-Driven Insights: My Summer as a PESS Research Intern – Patrick Caulfield.
Introduction Embarking on my journey as a PESS research intern was both daunting and invigorating. It was an opportunity to step away from the classroom theoretics and into the real world of scientific inquiry. Over […]
MTU Co-Op Placement – Research Assistant – Shreya Ghosh.
For my Co-Op Placement, I was fortunate enough to take up the role as a ‘Research Assistant’ in the Munster Technological University in Cork. I chose this placement because a career in academia is an […]
Unravelling the Mystery of Blood Flow Restriction Training – Dr. Alexander Gamble.
What is blood flow restriction exercise? Blood flow restriction (BFR) exercise involves the occlusion of the active limbs during regular resistance or aerobic exercise. By using a tourniquet to provide occlusion during exercise, there is […]
Student’s perspectives about their learning profile before and after Covid-19 – Moura, Graça, MacPhail, & Batista.
This study attempted to analyse students’ perceptions of their learning profile before and after Covid-19. There were 663 students of two educational cycles: grades 7-9 and 10-12. These were two different cohorts of students from […]
Training the Trainers for Injury Prevention – What help and support do coaches need? – lauren guilfoyle msc bsc.
Coaches are typically designated as delivery agents of injury prevention programmes. Examples of these include FIFA 11+ (soccer), GAA15 (Gaelic Games) and ENGAGE (Rugby Union). These programmes are highly efficacious in reducing injury rates but […]
My PESS Internship: The Pedagogy of Health-Related Activity – Aisling Ní shé.
As part of my PESS internship I was given the role of researching pedagogical approaches that could be used for teaching Health-Related Activities (HRA). As a student going into my final year of the BSc. […]
Artificial Playing Surfaces and Injury in Rugby – Professor Ian Kenny.
How many of us have played on artificial grass pitches and noticed a change in our movements, or use different boots compared to when we play on natural grass? Do we perform or fall differently […]
recruitment: Postdoctoral Researcher, ‘Learning in Motion’ Project.
About the role The purpose of the advertised role is to conduct research activities for the Learning in Motion project, led by the Professor Elaine Murtagh (University of Limerick) and Dr Ahmad Aljanazrah (Birzeit University). […]
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