Browsing Articles - Sports & Health Sciences by Author "Dowd, Kieran P."
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Activity profiles and the associations with weight status in population studies of young children: are there gender differences?
O'Neill, Aoife; Dowd, Kieran P.; O'Gorman, Clodagh; Hannigan, Ailish; Walsh, Cathal; Purtill, Helen (Human Kinetics, 2017-02)Purpose: Profiling activity behaviors in young children is important to understand changes in weight status over time. The purpose of this study is to identify activity profiles from self- and parental-reported Physical ... -
activPAL™ determined sedentary behaviour, physical activity and academic achievement in college students.
Felez-Nobrega, Mireia; Hillman, Charles H.; Dowd, Kieran P.; Cirera, Eva; Puig-Ribera, Anna (Taylor & Francis, 2018-03)The aim of this study was to examine relationships between activPALTM-determined sedentary behavior (SB) and physical activity (PA) with academic achievement. A total of 120 undergraduates (N=57 female; 20.6 ± 2.3 years) ... -
The contribution of Gaelic football participation to youth physical activity levels.
Gavin, Kevin W.; Lane, Aoife; Dowd, Kieran P. (JSSM, 2020-12-01)The primary aim of this study was to describe the contribution of Gaelic football participation to youth physical activity (PA) levels. Secondary aims were to objectively quantify the overall daily PA levels of participants ... -
The cross-sectional associations between objectively measured sedentary time and cardiometabolic health markers in adults – a systematic review with meta-analysis component.
Powell, Cormac; Herring, Matthew P.; Dowd, Kieran P.; Donnelly, Alan E. (Wiley, 2018)Sedentary time is viewed as an independent risk factor for adverse cardiometabolic health (CMH). No systematic review and meta-analysis on the cross-sectional asso-ciations between objectively measured sedentary time and ... -
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
Verswijveren, Simone J.J.M.; Single, Sara; Donnelly, Alan E.; Dowd, Kieran P.; Ridgers, Nicola D.; Carson, Brian P.; Kearney, Patricia M.; Harrington, Janas M.; Chappel, Stephanie; Powell, Cormac (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 ... -
The influence of different physical activity behaviours on the gut microbiota of older Irish adults
Zhong, Xiaozhong; Powell, Cormac; Phillips, Catherine M.; Millar, Seán; Carson, Brian P.; Dowd, Kieran P.; Perry, Ivan J.; Kearney, Patricia M.; Harrington, Janas M.; O'Toole, Paul W.; Donnelly, Alan E. (Springer, 2021-04-10)Objectives: A 24-hour day is made up of time spent in a range of physical activity (PA) behaviours, including sleep, sedentary time, standing, light-intensity PA (LIPA) and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), all of which may ... -
The influence of sitting, standing and stepping bouts on cardiometabolic health markers in older adults
Verswijveren, Simone J. J.; Powell, Cormac; Chappel, Stephanie E,; Ridgers, Nicola D.; Carson, Brian P.; Dowd, Kieran P.; Perry, Ivan J.; Kearney, Patricia M.; Harrington, Janas M.; Donnelly, Alan E. (Human Kinetics, 2021-05-13)Aside from total time spent in physical activity behaviors, how time is accumulated is important for health. This study examined associations between sitting, standing, and stepping bouts, with cardiometabolic health markers ... -
Minimum wear duration for the activPAL™ Professional Activity Monitor in Adolescent Females.
Dowd, Kieran P.; Purtill, Helen; Harrington, Deirdre M.; Hislop, Jane; Reilly, John J.; Donnelly, Alan E. (Human Kinetics, 2017)Objectives: This study aims to determine the minimum number of days of monitoring required to reliably predict sitting/lying time, standing time, light intensity physical activity (LIPA), moderate-to-vigorous intensity ... -
Monitoring occupational sitting, standing, and stepping in office employees with the W@W-App and the MetaWearC Sensor: Validation Study.
Bort-Roig, Judit; Chirveches-Pérez, Emilia; Garcia-Cuyàs, Francesc; Dowd, Kieran P.; Puig-Ribera, Anna (JMIR Publications, 2020-08)Background: Replacing occupational sitting time with active tasks has several proposed health benefits for office employees. Mobile phones and motion sensors can provide objective information in real time on occupational ... -
Seasonal changes in the physical activity levels of youth Gaelic football players
Gavin, Kevin W.; Lane, Aoife; Dowd, Kieran P. (Taylor & Francis, 2021-05-04)This study quantified changes in physical activity (PA) levels attained by adolescents during Gaelic football participation across two time points in a season and determined if these changes affected the overall daily ... -
Simultaneous validation of count-to-activity thresholds for five commonly used activity monitors in adolescent research: a step towards data harmonization
Hayes, Gráinne; Dowd, Kieran P.; MacDonncha, Ciaran; Donnely, Alan (Human Kinetics, 2021-11-16)Background: Multiple activity monitors are utilized for the estimation of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity in youth. Due to differing methodological approaches, results are not comparable when developing ... -
Simultaneous validation of five activity monitors for use in adult populations.
Powell, Cormac; Carson, Brian P.; Dowd, Kieran P.; Donnelly, Alan E. (Wiley, 2017-12)Numerous cut-points exist to measure physical activity by accelerometry. The ability to compare accelerometer findings from different devices from different locations may be advantageous to researchers. This study aimed ... -
A standardised core outcome set for measurement and reporting sedentary behaviour interventional research: the CROSBI Consensus Study
Curren, Fiona; Dowd, Kieran P.; Casey, L. Peiris; van der Ploeg, Hidde P.; Tremblay, Mark S.; O'Donoghue, Grainne (MDPI, 2022-08-05): Heterogeneity of descriptors and outcomes measured and reported in sedentary behaviour (SB) research hinder the meta-analysis of data and accumulation of evidence. The objective of the Core Research Outcomes for Sedentary ... -
A systematic literature review of reviews on techniques for physical activity measurement in adults: a DEDIPAC study.
Dowd, Kieran P.; Szeklicki, Robert; Minetto, Marco Alessandro Minetto; Murphy, Marie H.; Polito, Angela; Ghigo, Ezio; van der Ploeg, Hidde; Ekelund, Ulf; Maciaszek, Janusz; Stemplewski, Rafal; Tomczak, Maciej (BioMed Central, 2018)The links between increased participation in Physical Activity (PA) and improvements in health are well established. As this body of evidence has grown, so too has the search for measures of PA with high levels of ... -
Tracking of physical activity and sedentary behaviour from adolescence to young adulthood: A systematic literature review.
Hayes, Gráinne; Dowd, Kieran P.; MacDonncha, Ciaran; Donnelly, Alan E. (Elsevier, 2019-06)Purpose The transition from adolescence to young adulthood is categorized by substantial changes in one's activity behaviors, which may have important implications for health. To date, no reviews have systematically ... -
Use of compositional analyis to show estimated changes in cardiometabolic health by reallocating time to light intensity physical activity in older adults.
Powell, Cormack; Browne, Leonard D.; Carson, Brian P.; Dowd, Kieran P.; Perry, Ivan J.; Kearney, Patricia M.; Harrington, Janas M.; Donnelly, Alan E. (Springer, 2019-07-26)All physical activity (PA) behaviours undertaken over the day, including sleep, sedentary time, standing time, light-intensity PA (LIPA) and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) have the potential to influence cardiometabolic ... -
Validation of the W@WApp + MetaWearC sensor to monitor occupational sitting, standing and stepping in office employees: validation study.
Bort-Roig, Judit; Chirveches-Pérez, Emilia; Garcia-Cuyàs, Francesc; Dowd, Kieran P.; Puig-Ribera, Anna (JMIR, 2020-05-14)Background: Replacing occupational sitting time with active tasks has several proposed health benefits for office employees. Smartphones and motion sensors, can provide objective information in real time on occupational ... -
Validation study of the Spanish version of the Last-7-d Sedentary Time Questionnaire (SITQ- 7d-Sp) in young adults.
Felez-Nobrega, Mireia; Bort-Roig, Judit; Dowd, Kieran P.; Wijndaele, Katrien; Puig-Ribera, Anna (Public Library of Science, 2019-05-29)There are few valid instruments to assess domain-specific sedentary behaviours (SB) among Spanish-speaking populations. This study validated the original English version of the last 7 days SB questionnaire (SIT-Q-7d) ...