Is early sport specialisation a concern in the Irish context? For teenage athletes, it can be difficult to juggle the demands of multiple sports. Specialisation refers to an athlete selecting a primary sport and investing […]
Category: Research
Publication: Physical activity dose and depression in a cohort of older adults in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
Research Impact: The lowest dose of MVPA for protection against depression and the extent to which exceeding this dose conveys additional protection are unknown. We quantified associations between different MVPA doses and depressive symptoms and […]
Publication: Effects of resistance exercise training on depressive symptoms among young adults: A randomized controlled trial
Research Impact: Elevated depressive symptoms are more often present in those with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) than now; though our previous work highlighted that resistance exercise training (RET) improves depressive symptoms, less is known among […]
Publication: Reliability of mechanical properties of the plantar flexor muscle tendon unit with consideration to joint angle and sex
Research Impact: Assessing the reliability of plantar flexor mechanical measures across joint angles allows researchers to identify the measurement angles that can be reliably interpreted to measure a ‘real change’ due to intervention or for […]
Five Physical Education students embark on innovative Research Internships – Professor Elaine Murtagh.
Five students from the BSc Physical Education / PME Physical education programmes have been awarded research internships in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS). Projects range from topics relating to social justice, […]
Five Physical Education students embark on innovative Research Internships – Professor Elaine Murtagh.
Five students from the BSc Physical Education / PME Physical education programmes have been awarded research internships in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS). Projects range from topics relating to social justice, […]
What do we know about breast injury among female rugby players? – Kilian Bibby.
Women’s Rugby Union is on a continuous rise with an increase of registered female players of 28% since 2017, 2.7 million current female players worldwide and over 25% of the global player population being female. […]
recruitment: post doctoral researcher in physical eduction teacher education.
APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR: Post Doctoral Researcher in Physical Education Teacher Education The purpose of this job is to develop research to improve the educational quality in physical education and physical education teacher education through an […]
Publication: Perspectives of youth in Ireland on school-based mental health and suicide prevention: the MYSTORY study
Research Impact: The Mental Health of Youth Story (MYSTORY) study is the first known study to explore young people’s perspectives on their voice and involvement in school mental health and suicide prevention. MYSTORY used a […]
Publication: Physical activity for depression among the chronically ill: Results from older diabetics in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
Research Impact: How different doses of MVPA may protect against depression remains understudied, particularly among the chronically-ill. Using 10 years of data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, we quantified longitudinal associations between MVPA […]
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