Fix the Fixing – Launch of Sporting Integrity Toolkit to Prevent Match-Fixing Monday Dec 4th 12.15-16.15 University of Limerick Pavilion Fix the Fixing Flyer Kindly RSVP by Friday 6pm to tadhg.macintyre@ul.ie Pavilion number 36 on […]
Post Viva Reflections – Cormac Powell
Recently, I successfully passed my viva, which was the culmination of four years of work. There were times when it was stressful, times where I questioned my decision to pursue a PhD and one or […]
PESS/HRI Seminar: Challenges for mental health among elite athletes & sport psychologists
“Challenges for mental health among elite athletes and sport psychologists: The role of the participants voice” Seminar Summary It has long been assumed that elite athletes are less vulnerable to mental health issues than […]
Internships on the CSPPA (Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity
Internships on the CSPPA (Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity) follow up study at the University of Limerick, Ireland (available from January 2018 to June 2018) This internship is an opportunity for individuals to spend […]
Applied Studies Coordinator … ‘eh so what does that involve???’ Claire Walsh
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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