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Fear-avoidance following musculoskeletal injury in male adolescent Gaelic footballers
(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 ...
Evaluation of nutrition knowledge in female Gaelic games players
(MDPI, 2020-11-29)
Improvements in nutrition knowledge have been associated with increased carbohydrate
consumption and greater adherence to dietary recommendations among female athletes. In order to
assess whether nutrition knowledge ...
The development and pilot testing of an educational mental health intervention for Gaelic footballers.
(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 ...
Sport and recreation musculoskeletal injuries in Irish primary school children.
(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). ...
The effects of resisted sprint training on sprint performance in field based invasion team sport athletes: a systematic literature review
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
Speed is an essential performance attribute for field-based invasion team sport (FBITS) players. Traditional training methods used to
enhance sprint performance (SP) such as resistance training, typically aim to improve ...
Menstrual dysfunction in athletes: a systematic literature review
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)
Menstrual dysfunction (MD) is typically presented as one
or more of abnormalities associated with the cycle
regularity, duration, flow and pain1
MD in athletes is largely a physiological manifestation
of low energy ...
The effects of sprint interval training on performance in team sport athletes: a systematic review
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
Sprint interval training (SIT) is a form of high intensity interval training (HIIT) in which intervals are performed in a maximal ‘all out’ fashion for 10 to 30 seconds with 2 to 4 minutes of recovery to ensure each bout ...
Sports nutrition knowledge of female GAA players
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
Gaelic football and camogie are two of the most popular sports played by women in Ireland. Nutrition knowledge has been highlighted as a key factor for dietary interventions, due to its easily modifiable nature (Spendlove ...