Browsing Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest by Author "O'Connor, Siobhán"
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Are internal load measures associated with injuries in male adolescent Gaelic football players?
O'Keeffe, Sinéad; O'Connor, Siobhán; Ní Chéilleachair, Niamh J. (Taylor & Francis Online, 2019-06)This study aimed to examine internal loads in male adolescent Gaelic footballers and their association with musculoskeletal injury. Written training diaries were completed by 97 male adolescent Gaelic footballers weekly ... -
The development and pilot testing of an educational mental health intervention for Gaelic footballers.
O'Keeffe, Sinéad; O'Connor, Siobhán; Campbell, Mark; Ní Chéilleachair, Niamh (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)Elite Gaelic players with a history of injury are significantly more likely to experience anxiety and depression†. However, current preliminary research identified lack of education, stigma, accessibility issues and negative ... -
Does fundamental movement skill proficiency vary by sex, class group or weight status? Evidence from an Irish primary school setting.
Kelly, Lisa; O'Connor, Siobhán; Harrison, Andrew J.; Ní Chéilleachair, Níamh J. (Taylor & Francis, 2019)This study examined fundamental movement skill (FMS) proficiency among male (N=216) and female (N=198) Irish primary school pupils from Year 2 to Year 7 (9.0 ± 1.7 years). Following anthropometric measurements, participants ... -
Effects of an 8-week school-based intervention programme on Irish school children's fundamental movement skills
Kelly, Lisa; O'Connor, Siobhán; Harrison, Andrew J.; Ní Chéilleachair, Niamh J. (Taylor & Francis, 2020-10-22)Background: Irish school children have demonstrated poor proficiency in fundamental movement skills (FMS) and consistent with international literature, females and overweight children tend to be less skilled than males and ... -
Epidemiology of injury in male adolescent Gaelic games.
O'Connor, Siobhán; McCaffrey, Noel; Whyte, Enda; Moran, Kieran A. (Elsevier, 2015-05)Objectives There is a lack of epidemiological research in adolescent Gaelic games, with previous research primarily focusing on elite adult males. This study aimed to prospectively capture the epidemiology of injury in ... -
Evaluating the role of specialists FMS instruction to support Irish school children's fundamental movement skill development
Kelly, Lisa (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-07)Background: Fundamental movement skills (FMS) are an important precursor to enjoyment of, and regular engagement in lifelong physical activity (PA). These skills ideally should be learned between the ages of 3- and 8-years ... -
Fear-avoidance following musculoskeletal injury in male adolescent Gaelic footballers
O'Keeffe, Sinéad; Ní Chéilleachair, Niamh; O'Connor, Siobhán (Human Kinetics, 2020-03-12)Gaelic football participation provides a wealth of benefits but a risk of 4 musculoskeletal injury also exists. Injury is associated with physical consequences, including 5 pain, discomfort, loss of function, time absent ... -
Fear-avoidance following musculoskeletal injury in male adolescent Gaelic footballers.
O'Keeffe, Sinéad; Ní Chéilleachair, Niamh J.; O'Connor, Siobhán (Human Kinetics, 2019-03)CONTEXT: Gaelic football participation provides a wealth of benefits but a risk of musculoskeletal injury also exists. Injury is associated with physical consequences, including pain, discomfort, loss of function, time ... -
Fundamental movement skill proficiency in juvenile Gaelic games.
O'Connor, Siobhán; Whyte, Enda F.; Gibbons, Brendan; Feeney, Owen; Luc, Sandy; Ní Chéilleachair, Niamh (Springer, 2018-04)Background Fundamental movement skills (FMS) are basic observable patterns of movement and prerequisites to successful performance of sports specific skills. International research has found that children are not reaching ... -
The psychology of musculoskeletal injury in elite and sub-elite Gaelic footballers
O'Keeffe, Sinéad (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2021-01)Background: Gaelic football participation is associated with an inherent risk of musculoskeletal injury eliciting physical and psychological consequences. However, there is a current dearth of awareness of the psychology ... -
Sport and recreation musculoskeletal injuries in Irish primary school children.
O'Connor, Siobhán; Whyte, Enda; Ní Chéilleachair, Niamh (Universidad de Alicante, 2020-05)The physical, cognitive, mental and social health benefits that occur in school children due to participation in sport and recreation are vast (Abernethy and MacAuley, 2003; Bloemers et al., 2012; Warburton et al., 2006). ...