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The effect of participating in MedEx Wellness, a community-based chronic disease exercise rehabilitation programme, on physical, clinical and psychological health: A study protocol for a cohort trial.
(Elsevier, 2020-06)Background: Community-based exercise rehabilitation programmes for chronic disease are an effective alternative to traditional hospital-based programmes. MedEx Wellness is a novel community-based exercise rehabilitation ... -
Effects of an 8-week school-based intervention programme on Irish school children's fundamental movement skills
(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.
(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 ... -
Evaluation of nutrition knowledge in elite and sub-elite Gaelic football players
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-01-27)Nutrition knowledge is a key factor for consideration when evaluating the dietary intake of athletes. Positive associations have been established between higher nutrition knowledge and improved quality of dietary intake. ... -
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 ... -
Exploring bodily sensations experienced during flow states in professional national hunt 6 jockeys: A connecting analysis
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Previous research has suggested that distinct bodily sensations are experienced by athletes during flow states, and could represent a sport-specific characteristic of this phenomenon. This study aimed to enrich understanding ... -
Fear-avoidance following musculoskeletal injury in male adolescent Gaelic footballers.
(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 ... -
Fetuin-A as a potential biomarker of metabolic variability following 60 days of bed rest
(Frontiers Media, 2020-10-19)Background: Fetuin-A is a hepatokine linked to the development of insulin resistance. The purpose of this study was to determine if 60 days head-down-tilt (HDT) bed rest increased circulating fetuin-A and if it was linked ... -
Fitness profiling of elite level adolescent Gaelic football players.
(National Strength and Conditioning Association, 2013-08)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anthropometric characteristics and fitness levels of elite level under 18 (U-18) Gaelic football players to establish normative centile scores for selected fitness parameters ... -
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 ... -
Gaelic football match-play: performance attenuation and timeline of recovery
(MDPI, 2020-12-17)This study investigated acute changes in markers of fatigue and performance attenuation during and following a competitive senior club-level Gaelic football match. Forty-one players were tested immediately pre-match, at ... -
Health promoting sports clubs in practice: a controlled evaluation of the GAA Healthy Club Project
(MDPI, 2021-04-30)Sport is a developing setting and a relevant system in health promotion but there are few examples of settings-based initiatives and systems thinking in sport. The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Healthy Club Project ... -
Health promoting sports federations: theoretical foundations and guidelines
(Frontiers, 2023-07-11)Background: Researchers and policy-makers have highlighted that the potential for organized sports to promote health has been underexploited. Sports clubs have limited capacity to promote health due to their voluntary ... -
Health promotion interventions in sports clubs: can we talk about a setting based approach? A systematic mapping review.
(Sage, 2018-02)Many researchers and authorities have recognized the important role that sports clubs can play in public health. In spite of attempts to create a theoretical framework in the early 2000’s, a thorough understanding of ... -
A healthy sports club initiative in action in Ireland.
(Sage, 2020-02-10)Objective: The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is part of the cultural fabric of Irish society with a club in almost every community nationwide. The aim of this project was to carry out a pilot evaluation of the GAA ... -
HIIT enhances endurance performance and aerobic characteristics more than high-volume training in trained rowers.
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)This study compared the effects of long slow distance training (LSD) with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in rowers. Nineteen well-trained rowers performed three tests before and after an 8-week training intervention: ... -
How are different clusters of physical activity, sedentary, sleep, smoking, alcohol, and dietary behaviors associated with cardiometabolic health in older adults? A cross-sectional latent class analysis
(BMC, 2023-08-01)Background Studies to date that investigate combined impacts of health behaviors, have rarely examined device-based movement behaviors alongside other health behaviors, such as smoking, alcohol, and sleep, on cardiometabolic ... -
How does the dietary intake of female field-based team sport athletes compare to dietary recommendations for health and performance? A systematic literature review
(MDPI, 2021-04-09)Field-based team sports present large energetic demands given their intermittent high-intensity nature. Current evidence suggests that the dietary intake of female athletes may be insufficient to meet such demands, resulting ... -
"I realized it was a different kind of culture to other sports": an exploration of sport psychology service provision and delivery in Gaelic games.
(Human Kinetica, 2023-10-06)In this article, we present two studies that provide the first evidence on sport psychology services in Gaelic games. In Study 1, 36 participants providing support for mental aspects of performance in Gaelic games completed ... -
Impact of a physician-led exercise programme on quality of life, muscle mass and clinical response in inflammatory bowel disease patients during induction with disease-modifying therapy: a study protocol
(BMJ, 2022-07-26)Introduction Biologic and small-molecule therapies have revolutionised the treatment of moderate-to-severe inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A significant proportion of patients experience early or delayed treatment failure. ...