Background: Lower back pain (LBP) is ranked first as a cause of disability and inability to work, and is expected to affect up to 90% of the worlds population at some point in their lifetime. The annual first time incidence ...
This report presents the results from the national survey into the implementation of Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) in second level schools since its introduction in 2000. The report was commissioned by the ...
This chapter aims to provide an overview of some of the key issues and
developments in golf science over the last few years - essentially by reviewing some
papers leading up to the last World Scientific Congress of Golf ...
Kenny, Ian; McCloy, Alex J.; Wallace, Eric S.(Springer, 2008)
The concept of the transfer of kinetic energy (KE) sequentially through the human body from proximal to distal segments is an influential concept in biomechanics literature. The present study develops this area of research ...
In a recent communication, Van Damme et al (1) presented a statistical analysis of the performance of world-ranked decathletes, and made inferences about the ability of these athletes to respond uniformly to the demands ...
Kenny, Ian; Wallace, Eric S.; Otto, Steve R.(Springer, 2008)
In recent years studies have been carried out on single subjects, for example by Kinugasa et al., 2004. It has been reported that it is unlikely any two golfers will have an identical swing, and even that an individual ...
Kenny, Ian; Wallace, Eric S.; Otto, Steve R.(Routledge, 2008)
The aim of this study was to determine how shaft length affects golf driving performance. A range of drivers with lengths between 1.168m and 1.270 m, representing lengths close to the 1.219m limit imposed by R&A Rules ...
de Burca, Stefán; Williams, Peter; Armstrong, Claire(Health Systems Research Centre, 2008)
The aim of the overall study is to inform the design and delivery of a high reliability
clinical directorate. This report is the result of the mapping phase in the case study of
the Women’s and Children’s Directorate, ...