It has been over a year since I started working in the Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS) department at the University of Limerick (UL), and I still get asked ‘so what is it that […]
Category: Research
New Publication: Bivariate functional principal components analysis in sports biomechanics
Abstract: Sporting performance is often investigated through graphical observation of key technical variables that are representative of whole movements. The presence of differences between athletes in such variables has led to terms such as movement […]
New Publication: Considerations for the use of functional principal components analysis: examples from on-water rowing
Abstract The proliferation of new biomechanical technology in laboratory and field settings facilitates the capture of data-sets consisting of complex time-series. An understanding of the appropriate statistical approaches for analysing and interpreting these data-sets is […]
Publication: How gender and boat side effect shape characteristics of force-angle profiles in single sculling
Abstract Objectives: To examine whether gender or side of the boat influenced shape characteristics of the force–angle profile in on-water single sculling. Design: Cross-sectional study design. Methods: Bivariate functional principal components analysis (bfPCA) was applied […]
Maintaining health during ageing with FHI – Roisin McGinley
The population of Ireland is ageing to such an extent that currently there are 637,567 people aged 65+ in Ireland accounting for 13% of the total population.(1) This increased longevity is of course positive, […]
PESS Seminar The Vestibular System: It’s all in your head
In this seminar, Dr. Toth will discuss the role that inner ear information has in areas of cognitive neuroscience, biomechanics, neurophysiology, clinical therapies and sport sciences. Galvanic vestibular stimulation, a sophisticated technique used to explore […]
Teacher Education and Teacher Educator National Forum: Research and Practice in Ireland
Thursday 30 November 2017 10am to 3.30pm P1-033, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick The University of Limerick issued an invitation to policy makers and teacher educators nationally to […]
Publication: Mental Health Challenges in Elite Sport: Editorial
Research Impact: Dr. Tadhg MacIntyre and Dr. Deirdre O’Shea, both of the Health Research Institute at UL, recently edited a research topic on mental health in sport in the Open Access Journal Frontiers in Psychology: Movement […]
How does the study of performance nutrition in athletes impact healthy ageing? Phil Jakeman
Media Alert: The Journal of Nutrition Protein-rich breakfasts and lunches increase lean tissue mass in the elderly As hypothesized, whereas lean body mass decreased in the control group, those consuming the additional protein […]
HIT training for endurance sports – Frank Nugent
This blog post details some of my opinions around the use of high-intensity interval training (HIT) for those participating at recreational and competitive level endurance events in sports such as running, rowing, cycling, swimming, triathlon […]
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