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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 ...
Fundamental movement skill proficiency in juvenile Gaelic games.
(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 ...
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). ...
Performance attenuation and timeline of recovery in senior club level Gaelic football players
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
The high-intensity intermittent
nature of Gaelic football results in notable
performance attenuation and neuromuscular
fatigue. Players have limited recovery
timeframes and it is thought that welldeveloped
components ...
Sport and recreation musculoskeletal injuries in Irish primary school children
(Research Group on Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (GICAFD). Department of Didactic General and Specific Training. University of Alicante, 2021-04-01)
Musculoskeletal injury in children can lead to negative physical, psychological and socio-economic effects. This study aimed to examine sport and recreation injury incidence in Irish primary school children. A cross-sectional ...
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 ...
Cooking and food skills confidence of team sport athletes in Ireland
(Wiley on behalf of British Nutrition Association, 2023-07-12)
Nutritional support often focuses on cooking and food skills such as food selection,
recipe planning and meal preparation. Individuals with greater cooking
and food skills confidence have previously displayed higher diet ...
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 ...
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 ...