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% […]
Category: Research
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 […]
‘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 […]
Publication: Digital pedagogy and cooperative learning
Research Impact: This research aims to explore: (a) whether Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) model and cooperative learning (CL) facilitate preservice teachers’ perception of TPACK and academic achievement; and (b) whether there is a relationship […]
Women in coaching: same narratives but action is needed to create change (Ian Sherwin)
This time last year we were in celebratory mood as the Irish Hockey team qualified for the Tokyo Olympics and Katie Taylor was winning the World Super Lightweight Boxing title. The blog I wrote around […]
Clubs and Schools Rugby Injury- IRIS Season Update 2019/20: Ian KENNY
The Irish Rugby Football Union and the University of Limerick have released the third year of findings from the Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) research project, which looks at injury incidence in the Men’s and […]
Conducting school based research over COVID-19 lockdown: Fiona McHale
Schools have the ability to reach a wide range of children from across the population regardless of social background and over a continuous period of time (Anderson, 2016) making them a key gatekeeper for important […]
Publication: Susceptibility to increased high energy dense sweet and savoury food intake in response to the COVID-19 lockdown
Research Impact: Common images going around during the spring lockdown were empty aisles of toilet roll and empty streets. The panic shopping extended beyond the rush to buy toilet paper but also for hording food […]
Publication: Applying research to practice in school physical education
Research Impact Summary: This paper provides useful and realistic guidelines and user-friendly step-by-step templates and examples to follow for teachers accessing, reading, and applying research to practice in a manageable way. It is our hope […]
Publication: How to improve recruitment, sustainability & scalability in physical activity programmes for adults aged 50 years and older
Research Impact: This study has deepened understanding of how all stakeholders experience community-based physical activity programmes. The findings of this study have informed the development of the Move for Life intervention which has been […]
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