Sport psychology has been recognised as having an essential role in the ability of athletes to fulfil their sporting potential (Abbott & Collins, 2004; Macnamara & Collins, 2011; Vaeyens, Lenoir, Williams, & Philippaerts, 2008). Furthermore, […]
Category: Research
Publication: Interrogating the enactment of a service-learning course in a physical education teacher education programme
Research Impact: Service-learning is a community-based method of education in which students fulfill the academic goals of their courses and simultaneously contribute to the welfare of the community. This study interrogates a course-embedded service-learning project […]
Publication: Data on Determinants Are Needed to Curb the Sedentary Epidemic in Europe – Lessons from DEDIPAC
Abstract: Societal and technological changes have resulted in sitting being the dominant posture during most activities of daily living, such as learning, working, travelling and leisure time. Too much time spent in seated activities, referred to […]
Publication: Physical Activity and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
Research Impact: Generalised anxiety disorder is prevalent and costly, and common frontline treatments, such as antidepressants and cognitive behavioural therapy, have been shown to have negative side-effects and to be only moderately efficacious. Given the prevalence […]
Publication: Current injury monitoring and player education practices in Irish amateur rugby union
Research Impact: While the number of Rugby-related injuries is widely reported, the majority of successful injury monitoring systems are seen in the professional setting. In order to effectively monitor injuries in the amateur game, a comprehensive […]
Publication: Associations of Self-Reported Physical Activity and Depression in 10,000 Irish Adults across Harmonised Datasets: a DEDIPAC-study
Research Impact: Depression is a prevalent, debilitating, and often recurrent mood disorder for which successful first-line treatments remains limited. Evidence has demonstrated the protective benefits of physical activity for depression; however, little evidence exists regarding associations […]
Publication: Endurance athletes’ current and preferred ways of getting psychological guidance.
Abstract: This study examined how people who participate in endurance events currently get guidance on psychological aspects of their events and their preferred ways for receiving guidance from researchers and practitioners, so that psychologists can […]
A Long-term Protein Supplementation Strategy: Will Any Which Whey Work? Robert Davies
Not all proteins are created equally. The over and above the quantity of protein the delivery, composition, digestion and absorption kinetics can differentially affect the postprandial anabolism which has been previously discussed here. Indeed, at […]
Case-study of elite level Powerlifter Ray Williams – Arthur Lynch
Introduction I’m a bit of an oddball within this department. You won’t see me going out watching a GAA match or entering the great Limerick run anytime soon. Those pursuits do not interest me. Granted […]
IRIS: Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance at ACSM 2018 – Dr Ian Kenny
A key element of the context information for the Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) project that UL are coordinating was the collection of information on the status quo of current injury monitoring and player education […]
