In a previous blog we reported on the launch of a study designed to evaluate the efficacy of a novel nutrient supplement designed to assist in the prevention of the age-related decline in skeletal mass, […]
Category: Research
Publication: Injury Surveillance in School Rugby: A systematic review of Injury Epidemiology & Surveillance Practices
Research Impact: School Rugby, has increased in popularity and professionalism in recent times and evaluating injury risk in school players is paramount to player welfare and safety. The true injury risk in school Rugby remains […]
Publication: Social Learning among Transplant Event Volunteers
Research Impact: The success of sport events rely heavily on volunteers. In particular games with athletes with special needs, like those with organ transplants, the volunteers require training to be competent to support the athletes. […]
Publication: Vigorous physical activity in relation to family affluence: time trends in Europe & North America
Research Impact: There has been much debate about the cost to take part in out of school physical activity among adolescents. In this paper, the research team including Kwok Ng, examined the associations between family […]
Publication: Relationship between transport-to-school habits & physical activity in a sample of New Zealand adolescents
Research Impact: Despite numerous health benefits, adolescents’ physical activity levels have been declining in many countries. Active transport to school (e.g., walking, cycling) provides a potential source of regular physical activity. However, in many developed […]
Reflections on my first international conference at ACSM 2019 – Chloe Forte
In May of this year I, along with a good group of my friends and colleagues from PESS, travelled from Limerick to the USA for my first international conference. The American College of Sports Medicine […]
Publication: Associations between grip strength and Generalized Anxiety disorder in older adults: results from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing
Research Impact: Muscular strength predicts cardiometabolic disease risk, physical disabilities, mortality, and mental health across aging populations; however, associations between grip strength and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) remain unstudied. This study investigated associations between grip […]
IDC 2019 Research and Design Competition Winner: Digipack Pro–Revamping Social Interactions and Supporting Physical Activity
Research Impact: The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) recently launched a competition on Interactive Design and Children (IDC) that focused on the full-body interaction in reaction to decline of children’s health. One of the emphases […]
EIM on Campus UL Recognised by Exercise is Medicine® as Silver Campus – Dr. Matthew Herring
The University of Limerick is one of only 139 universities and colleges around the world to be honored by Exercise is Medicine® for its efforts to create a culture of wellness on campus. Co-Directors Dr. […]
Acing Your Research Presentation – Caoimhe Tiernan
I have had the pleasure of presenting my study on sIgA as a predictor of Upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) at the America College of Sport Medicine (ASCM) 2019 international conference only a few weeks […]
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