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 […]
Injury surveillance in amateur sport – avoiding potential pitfalls (Caithriona Yeomans)
In my previous blog, I discussed the difficulties with conducting comprehensive injury surveillance, particularly in relation to different injury definitions used, the methods of reporting injury rates and how to calculate the severity of an […]
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. […]
PESS hosts Leaving Certificate Physical Education workshop day – Dylan Scanlon
On May 15th 2019, the Physical Education and Sport Sciences Department held a Leaving Certificate Physical Education (LCPE) workshop day for 8 post-primary schools who are enacting the LCPE curriculum. PESS staff and post-graduates ran […]
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 […]
A Citizen Science approach to monitoring powerful predictors of health? Brendan O’Keeffe
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime Citizen science is a very simple concept. It involves research carried […]
Publication: How inclusive are we? A look at the effectiveness of physical activity interventions for disadvantaged groups
Research Impact: Although policies and programs to support physical activity exist, they may not be accessed or utilized by individuals from socio-economically disadvantaged groups. This invited article highlights effective evidence-informed approaches that can assist practitioners […]
Sport and Exercise Sciences: An Applied Degree Programme – Dr Tom Comyns
The Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick run a four year BSc course in the area of Sport and Exercise Sciences. The programme is designed to provide students with […]
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