• Clusters of contemporary risk and their relationship to mental well-being among 15-year-old adolescents across 37 countries 

  Walsh, Sophie D.; Sela, Tal; De Looze, Margaretha; Craig, Wendy; Cosma, Alina; Harel-Fisch, Yossi; Boniel-Nissim, Meyran; Malinowska-Cieslik, Marta; Vieno, Alessio; Molcho, Michal; Ng, Kwok W.; Pickett, William (ELsevier, 2020)

  Purpose: Adolescents' mental well-being has become a growing public health concern. Adolescents' daily lives and their engagement in risks have changed dramatically in the course of the 21st century, leading to a need to ...
• Overcoming nonstructural protein 15-nidoviral uridylate-specific endoribonuclease (nsp15/NendoU) activity of SARS-CoV-2 

  Senanayake, Suranga L (future science group, 2020)

  COVID-19 has become the gravest global public health crisis since the Spanish Flu of 1918. Combination antiviral therapy with repurposed broad-spectrum antiviral agents holds a highly promising immediate treatment strategy, ...
• The Impact of a summer sports camp for children with visual impairments on the self-efficacy of physical education pre-service teachers: A pilot study 

  Foley, John T.; Santarossa, Sara; Tindall, Dan W.; Lieberman, Lauren J. (European Federation of Adapted Physical Activity, 2020)

  Training and self-confidence of the instructor are important components in the success of any inclusive physical education (PE) or recreation program. The purpose of this study was to determine if the self-efficacy toward ...
• Using historical documentary methods to explore the history of occupational therapy 

  Dunne, Brid; Pettigrew, Judith; Robinson, Katie (SAGE Publications, 2016)

  .Introduction: Historical research can benefit health professions by providing a basis for understanding how current beliefs and practices developed over time. From an occupational therapy perspective, a need for deeper ...
• An oral history of occupational therapy education in the Republic of Ireland 

  Dunne, Brid; Pettigrew, Judith; Robinson, Katie (SAGE Publications, 2018)

  Introduction Historical research contributes to the critical perspectives called for in occupational therapy. Despite this, research on the history of occupational therapy education is limited. The only occupational therapy ...
• Life after esports: a grand field challenge 

  Smithies, Tim D.; Toth, Adam J.; Conroy, Eoin; Ramsbottom, Niall; Kowal, Magdalena; Campbell, Mark J. (Frontierss Media, 2020)

  Esports has experienced unprecedented growth recently and with it, the proposition for aspiring gamers to pursue a professional esport career has become increasingly attractive. “Esports” are video-games played competitively ...
• The development of occupational therapy in Grangegorman Hospital, Dublin: 1934 - 1954. . 

  Cahill, Rebecca; Pettigrew, Judith (Emerald Publishing, 2020)

  Purpose – In the early to mid-twentieth century, psychiatrist-led occupational therapy departments emerged in Irish psychiatric hospitals. This marked a transition towards establishing rehabilitative services in institutional ...
• COVID-19: The Inflammation link and the role of nutrition in potential mitigation 

  Zabetakis, Ioannis; Lordan, Ronan; Norton, Catherine; Tsoupras, Alexandros (MDPI, 2020)

  The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has engulfed the world, affecting more than 180 countries. As a result, there has been considerable ...
• Exercise and lifestyle physical activity recommendations for people with multiple sclerosis throughout the disease course 

  Kalb, Rosalind; Brown, Theodore R; Coote, Susan; Costello, , Kathleen; Dalgas, Ulrik; Garmon, Eric; Giesser, Barbara; Halper, June; Karpatkin, Herb; Keller, Jennifer; Ng, Alexander V; Pilutti, Lara A; Rohrig, Amanda; Van Asch, Paul; Zackowski, Kathleen; Motl, Robert W (Sage and Open Access, 2020)

  Objectives: To provide clinicians who treat multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with evidence-based or expert opinion–based recommendations for promoting exercise and lifestyle physical activity across disability levels. ...
• The effects of workplace nature-based interventions on the mental health and well-being of employees: A systematic review 

  Gritzka, Susan; MacIntyre, Tadhg E.; Dörfel, Denise; Baker-Blanc, Jordan L; Calogiuri, Giovanna (Frontiers Media, 2020)

  Mental health in the workplace is a societal challenge with serious economical and human costs. Most prevalent mental disorders in the workforce (e.g., depression), however, are preventable. There is widespread agreement ...
• Rotator cuff disorders: a survey of current (2018) Italian physiotherapy practice 

  Brindisino, F.; Matteuzzi, I.; Bury, J.; McCreesh, Karen; Littlewood, C. (IOS Press, 2020)

  BACKGROUND: Shoulder pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint and disorders of the rotator cuff (RC) are widely regarded as the most common cause. Where clinical care is required, physiotherapists play an integral role. ...
• Investigating physiotherapy stakeholders' preferences for the development of performance-based assessment in practice education. 

  O'Connor, Anne; Krucien, Nicolas; Cantillon, Peter; Parker, Melissa; McCurtin, Arlene (Elsevier, 2020)

  Objectives Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) are used in healthcare to measure the relative importance that stakeholders give to different features (or attributes) of medical treatments or services. They may also help ...
• An outreach rehabilitation program for nursing home residents after hip fracture may be cost-saving 

  Beaupre, Lauren A.; Lier, Doug; Magaziner, Jay S.; Jones, Allyson C.; Johnston, William C.; Wilson, Donna M.; Majumdar, Sumit R. (Oxford University Press, 2020)

  Background We compared the cost-effectiveness of 10 weeks of outreach rehabilitation (intervention) versus usual care (control) for ambulatory nursing home residents after hip fracture. Methods Enrollment occurred ...
• Flying into depression pilot’s sleep and fatigue experiences can explain differences in perceived depression and anxiety associated with duty hours 

  O'Hagan, Anna Donnla; Issartel, Johann; Nevill, Alan; Warrington, Giles D. (SAGE Publications, 2017)

  A growing body of evidence suggests long work hours adversely affect mental health across a variety of domains. Mental health issues have been found to negatively affect work performance. This finding was highlighted in ...
• Low energy availability in male athletes: a systematic review of incidence, associations and effects 

  McGuire, Amy; Warrington, Giles D.; Doyle, Lorna (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020)

  The Female Athlete Triad has recently been suggested to be a threat to male athletes. This review aims to examine the evidence, and associated effects, of low energy availability (LEA) in male athletes. A comprehensive ...
• Moving exercise research in Multiple Sclerosis Forward (the MoXFo initiative): developing consensus statements for research 

  Dalgas, Ulrik; Hvid, Lars G.; Kwakkel, Gert; Motl, Robert W.; de Groot, Vincent; Feys, Peter; Op't Eijnde, Bert; Coote, Susan; Beckerman, Heleen; Pfeifer, Klaus; Streber, Rene; Peters, Stefan; Riemann-Lorenz, Karin; Rosenkranz, Sina Catherine; Centonze, Diego; Van Asch, Paul; Bansi, Jens; Sandroff, Brian M.; Pilutti, Lara A.; Ploughman, Michelle; Freeman, Jennifer; Paul, Lorna; Dawes, Helen; Romberg, Anders; Kalron, Alon; Stellmann, Jan-Patrick; Friese, Manuel; Heesen, Christoph (SAGE Pulications, 2020)

  Exercise as a subset of physical activity is a cornerstone in the management of multiple sclerosis (MS) based on its pleotropic effects. There is an exponential increase in the quantity of research on exercise in MS, yet ...
• Woman-centred care during pregnancy and birth in Ireland: thematic analysis of women's and clinicians' experiences 

  Hunter, Andrew; Devane, Declan; Houghton, Catherine; Grealish, Annmarie; Tully, Agnes; Smith, Valerie (BMC, 2017)

  Background: Recent policy and service provision recommends a woman-centred approach to maternity care. Midwifeled models of care are seen as one important strategy for enhancing women’s choice; a core element of woman-centred ...
• Pregnancy outcomes in women with onset of type 1 diabetes mellitus less than 18 years 

  Stone, Roy Gavin; Scully, Paul; Troy, Emma; Moloney, Yvonne; Quinn, Anne; Noctor, Eoin; Neylon, Orla; Slevin, John; Murphy, Annemarie; O'Gorman, Clodagh (BMJ Open, 2020)

  Background Pregnancy in women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is associated with an increased risk of congenital malformations, obstetric complications and neonatal morbidity. This study aims to investigate maternal, ...
• A systematic review: the influence of social media on depression, anxiety and psychological distress in adolescents 

  Keles, Betul; McCrae, Niall; Grealish, Annmarie (Taylor and Francis, 2019)

  While becoming inextricable to our daily lives, online social media are blamed for increasing mental health problems in younger people. This systematic review synthesized evidence on the influence of social media use on ...
• 'Moving away from the caring': exploring the views of in-service and pre-service male teachers about the concept of the male teacher as role model at an early entry childhood and post-primary level 

  McCormack, Orla; Brownhill, Simon (Academic Research Journals, 2014)

  International calls have frequently been made by policy makers and professional/public discourse for more male teachers to enter the education profession under the assumption that they will act as role models for boys. The ...

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