• Global matrix 3.0 physical activity report card for children and youth: a comparison across Europe 

  Coppinger, T.; Milton, K.; Murtagh, Elaine M.; Harrington, D.; Johansen, D.; Seghers, J.; Skovgaarde, T.; Chalkley, A.; HEPA Europe Children & Youth Working Group (Elesvier, 2020)

  The Global Matrix of report card grades on physical activity serves as a public health awareness tool by summarising the status of child and youth physical activity prevalence and action. The objectives were to: (1) ...
• Intra-rater test-retest reliability of a modified child functioning module, self-report version 

  Ng, Kwok W.; Asunta, Piritta; Leppä, Niko; Rintala, Pauli (MDPI, 2020)

  Determining disability prevalence is a growing area for population statistics, especially among young adolescents. The Washington Group on Disability Statistics is one source of reporting disabilities through functional ...
• Physical activity, sport and physical education in northern Ireland school children: A cross-sectional study 

  Connolly, Sinead; Carlin, Angela; Johnston, Anne; Woods, Catherine B.; Powell, Cormac; Belton, Sarahjane; O'Brien, Wesley; Saunders, Jean; Duff, Christina; Farmer, Orlagh; Murphy, Marie (MDPI, 2020)

  Internationally, insufficient physical activity (PA) is a major health concern. Children in Northern Ireland (NI) are recorded as having the lowest levels of PA in the United Kingdom (UK). To date, validated and ...
• Small for gestational age infants and the association with placental and umbilical cord morphometry: a digital imaging study 

  Ismail, Khadijah I.; Hannigan, Ailish; Kelehan, Peter; Fitzgerald, Brendan; O'Donoghue, Keelin; Cotter, Amanda (Taylor and Francis, 2019)

  Introduction: Individual placental and umbilical cord morphometry have been previously identified to have an association with fetal growth. This study aims to identify which of the morphometric measurements in combination ...
• The mesenteric-based model of abdominal compartmentalisation 

  Byrnes, Kevin G. (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Introduction Recent advances in our understanding of mesenteric anatomy clarify its shape distal to the duodenojejunal flexure. Investigation of mesenteric anatomy has raised several questions about its overall shape. ...
• Ar Aghaidh Le Chéile (AALC) fitness & fun: the development of a community based intervention programme designed to improve the FMS levels of children aged 7-12 year 

  Cregan, Eimear (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) are said to be the building blocks of participation in many physical activities (Gallahue and Ozmun, 2006) and these movements form the foundation for future movement (Seefeld, 1980). Low ...
• Driving and depression: exploring the current knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health professionals in Ireland 

  Buckley, Sherrie (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Depression is a common mental illness characterized by low mood, loss of interest and enjoyment, and reduced energy leading to diminished activity. An estimated 322 million people worldwide or 4.4% of the world’s population ...
• Exploring the nature of science as an academic discipline in an undergraduate science education programme and implications for the integration of education for sustainable development 

  Hogan, Deirdre (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Education is a powerful means by which to explore key development issues of the time with a view to taking action for positive social change. The inclusion of sustainability themes in the Junior Cycle Framework, and ...
• Coaching pedagogy in inter-county Gaelic football 

  Kinnerk, Paul (University of Limerick, 2020)

  This programme of research had two aims which organised the research into two distinct phases. Phase one explored the coaching pedagogy being applied by coaches in the sport of Gaelic football at inter-county level. Informed ...
• Other voices - matter: women in the adventure expedition space 

  Kennedy, Suzanne (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Necessitating both temporal and spatial separateness from everydayness, the outdoor expedition setting offers adventurers a uniquely discrete social context and simplified way of living in, and with the natural world. ...
• An assessment of fractures, bone mineral density and habitual bone metabolism in female distance runners 

  Higgins, Jennifer A. (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Background Exercise is generally considered osteogenic, promoting the accrual of bone during growth and preventing its loss during ageing. However female distance runners (FDR) present a paradox to this consensus. Despite ...
• Changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior in response to COVID-19 and their associations with mental health in 3052 US adults 

  Meyer, Jacob; McDowell, Cillian; Lansing, Jeni; Brower, Cassandra; Smith, Lee; Tully, Mark; Herring, Matthew (MDPI, 2020)

  The COVID-19 pandemic altered many facets of life. We aimed to evaluate the impact of COVID-19-related public health guidelines on physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior, mental health, and their interrelations. ...
• Emotion regulation style and cardiovascular reactivity to active and passive stress: cross-sectional and experimental analyses 

  Griffin, Siobhán M. (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Introduction. The present thesis examines the influence of individual differences in emotion regulation style on stress responsivity. Three key methodological refinements were incorporated to help elucidate if individual ...
• The specificity of dry-land resistance training exercises to swimming performance 

  Crowley, Emmet (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Swimming performance requires a whole body coordinated movement to elicit high propulsive forces with the majority of forces produced from the upper body musculature. The current academic literature highlights a range of ...
• Negotiating an apprenticeship of observation: an investigation of second-level pre-service teachers' conceptions of teaching 

  Crowe, Fiona Mary (University of Limerick, 2020)

  This study problematised pre-service teachers’ talk about their ‘apprenticeship of observation’. This construct is consistently presented in research as a limiting factor on pre-service teachers’ conceptions of teaching, ...
• Sheehan’s syndrome: A syndrome becoming rare due to improved obstetric care 

  Armstrong, Nicholas C.; Ryan, M. (Springer, 2020)

  Sheehan’s syndrome occurs as a result of ischemic necrosis of the pituitary gland due to postpartum hemorrhage and was first described in 1937. Improvement of obstetric care including availability of blood products has ...
• Clinical placements in intellectual disability nurse education: A scoping review 

  Doody, Owen; Murphy, Louise; Moloney, Mairéad (Elsevier, 2020)

  Intellectual disability undergraduate nurse education is provided in partnership between third level institutes and healthcare providers. The changing healthcare landscape has resulted in a reduction of the number of ...
• The relationship between physical fitness attributes and sports injury in female, team ball sport players: a systematic review 

  Farley, Jessica B.; Barrett, Lily M.; Keogh, Justin W. L.; Woods, Carl T.; Milne, Nikki (Springer, 2020)

  Background: Understanding the relationships between physical fitness characteristics and sports injury may assist with the development of injury minimisation programs. The purpose of this systematic review was to investigate ...
• Examining the reliability of the landing error scoring system with raters using the standardized instructions and scoring sheet 

  Everard, Eoin M.; Lyons, Mark; Harrison, Andrew J. (Human kinetics, 2020)

  Context:Dynamic movement-based screens,such as the Landing Error Scoring System(LESS),are becoming more widely used in research and practical settings. Currently, 3 studies have examined the reliability of the LESS. These ...
• Monitoring the swimmer’s training load: a narrative review of monitoring strategies applied in research 

  Feijen, Stef; Tate, Angela; Kuppens, Kevin; Barry, Lorna A.; Struy, Filip (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020)

  The high incidence of injury during swim training and the increasing demands of the sports make monitoring of the swimmer's training load a key concept requiring further investigation. Research has previously introduced ...

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