A first-of-its-kind all-island research consortium has been established to tackle the gender gap in sport and health science. The cross-university research consortium, named míde, aims to understand and improve the health, wellbeing, participation and performance of girls […]
Research Impact: Despite notable advancements in gender equality within professional sports, significant challenges persist. An analysis of the Spanish legal framework, including male and female sports collective agreements and the new Sports Law of December […]
The 2023 Women in Sport policy, again, highlights the need to continue to include more women and girls from grassroots to high performance in coaching and officiating. In 2022, 42% of the coaches certified by […]
The Irish Rugby Football Union and the University of Limerick have released the fifth year of findings from the Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) research project, investigating injury trends in the Men’s and Women’s All-Ireland […]
Research Impact: This secondary analysis investigated potentially optimal acute exercise intensity for reducing state anxiety, the duration of response, and potential influences of depression severity and preferred-intensity exercise. Twenty-four women with MDD who completed five […]
Kilian Bibby made the move earlier in 2023 from rugby strength and conditioning coach in France to join the Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) project team. I caught up with Kilian to ask him a […]
As we approach international women’s day and also the culmination of the 20×20 campaign I would like to reflect and show an appreciation of the importance of this campaign both from research and my own […]
Research Impact Summary: Risk factors for injury in elite female soccer players are multifactorial, interwoven and complex. This review summarized several factors to inform injury screening in these athletes. Associations were identified between an increased […]
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