The 31st of January 2018 marked the halfway point of my PhD. My PhD involves the development and validation of a bespoke strength and power diagnostic system for Irish Olympic and Paralympic athletes for use […]
Tag: Biomechanics
Biomechanical Modelling in Sport & Exercise Sciences – Ian Kenny
Over the past 35 years, several biomechanical modelling approaches have evolved and have been used to integrate our knowledge of how various biomechanical factors interact and their effects on tissue and subsequently movement. In order […]
Publication: A Comparison of the Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull and Isometric Squat
Research Impact: Over the past decade, isometric strength tests have become a popular method of measuring both an athlete’s maximal force producing capabilities and how quickly they are able to produce force. This paper investigated […]
The Biomechanics Research Unit – Current Projects in Sport and Performance
The Biomechanics Research Unit (BRU) consists of 5 core faculty and 11 postgraduate researchers within the department of physical Education and Sport Sciences. The mission of the BRU is to advance the research in the […]
Coaching Sprinting: Expert coaches’ perception of resistance-based training ~ Richard Bolger
This paper forms one of the chapters of my PhD on Specificity of Resistance-based Training for Sprinters supervised by Dr Ian Kenny, Dr Mark Lyons and Dr Andrew Harrison. It follows on from my first […]
Sprinting Research: Postactivation Potentiation and Sprint Speed
Research Impact: The performance of specific conditioning activities can result in the acute enhancement of muscular performance. This phenomenon is known as post activation potentiation (PAP). However, due to the individual nature of PAP both […]
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