Impact Summary: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning disabilities (LDs) represent two of the most prevalent disabilities experienced by adolescents. Moreover, spiritual health is recognized as an important health domain, with a direct relationship to quality of […]
In research, a trade off exists between trying to control the testing environment, and making it feel as natural as possible. With specific relation to sport, we can lose how organic a task feels by […]
The Faculty of Education and Health Sciences is sponsoring PhD research scholarships to be associated with the Health Research Institute (HRI) and the National Institute for Studies in Education (NISE). Six scholarships will be available for 2018/19 […]
The Faculty of Education and Health Sciences is sponsoring PhD research scholarships to be associated with the Health Research Institute (HRI) and the National Institute for Studies in Education (NISE). Six scholarships will be available for 2018/19 […]
On Friday, 20th April, 3rd year Physical Education (PE) students from the University of Limerick (UL) held the inaugural Equality Games. 6th class pupils from the following Limerick schools – St Patrick’s Boys, St. Patrick’s Girls and the Gaelscoil, travelled to the University campus to participate on the […]
Becoming a researcher is a long-distance race with hurdles. You have to train, compete and fight to succeed. According to the Collins dictionary, a “scientist is someone who has studied science and whose job it […]
The biomechanics research unit (BRU) utilises a variety of methods to evaluate sprint performance. A considerable amount of testing performed on athletes involve simple methods such as split times recorded over a given distance i.e. […]
Sport psychology both in Ireland and globally continues to evolve and within this context professional development is critical. The sport psychology community on our island aligned both to the Psychological Society of Ireland (Div. of […]
On May 17th, the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences hosted secondary school students who presented projects at the 2018 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition and/or at the 2018 PE Expo. The department […]
ABSTRACT: Asymmetries of the rowing stroke cycle have been assessed with reference to kinematics and foot‐force measures in laboratory testing environments. It remains unclear how asymmetries in propulsive kinetic measures are related to on‐water rowing […]
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