Ntemiri, Alexandra; Ribiere, Celine; Stanton, Catherine; Ross, R Paul; O'Connor, Eibhís; O'Toole, Paul W.(American Chemical Society, 2019)
Prebiotics may improve ageing-related dysbiosis. Milk is a source of nutrients including oligosaccharides whose prebiotic potential remains largely unexplored. We used a murine model to explore the effect of milk products ...
Background: One-size-fits-all interventions reduce chronic low back pain (CLBP) a small amount. An individualised intervention called cognitive functional therapy (CFT) was superior for CLBP compared with manual therapy ...
Adamson, Philip D.; Williams, Michelle C.; Dweck, Marc R.; Mills, Nicholas L.; Boon, Nicholas A.; Daghem, Marwa; Bing, Rong; Moss, Alastair J.; Mangion, Kenneth; Flather, Marcus; Forbes, John F.; Hunter, Amanada; Norrie, John; Shah, Anoop S.V.; Timmis, Adam D.; van Beek, Edwin J.R.; Ahmandi, Amir A.; Leipsic, Jonathon; Narula, Jagat; Newby, David E.; Roditi, Giles; McAllister, David A.; Berry, Colin(Elsevier, 2019)
BACKGROUND Within the SCOT-HEART (Scottish COmputed Tomography of the HEART Trial) trial of patients with
stable chest pain, the use of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) reduced the rate of death from ...
Summer, Rachel C.; Gallagher, Stephen(Taylor and Francis, 2017)
Objective: Unemployment is a type of chronic stressor that impacts human health. The reasons for how the stress of unemployment affect health is still a matter of discussion. One of the pathways from chronic stress to ill ...
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Unemployment has been associated with poorer health, but few studies have examined the biological mechanisms that confer these health decrements. Further, no studies to date have examined differences across employment ...
Introduction Stroke is among the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Poststroke cognitive impairment is a common sequela of stroke. The burden of cognitive impairment poststroke has significant impacts on the ...
McMahon, Grace; Creaven, Ann-Marie; Gallagher, Stephen(Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)
To understand the influence of social relationships on cardiovascular responses to stress, the present study investigated perceived affectionate support as a mediating variable explaining the association between specific ...
Dowell, Cillian P.; Carlin, Angela; Capranica, Laura; Dillon, Christina; Harrington, Janas M.; Lakerveld, Jeroen; Loyen, Anne; Chun Man Ling, Fiona; Brug, Johannes; MacDonncha, Ciaran; Herring, Matthew P.(BMC, 2018)
Background: Depression is a prevalent, debilitating, and often recurrent mood disorder for which successful firstline treatments remains limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional associations ...
The accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ) triggers a cascade of toxic events in Alzheimer’s
disease (AD). The KLVFF peptide can interfere with Aβ aggregation. However, the peptide suffers from poor bioavailability and the inability ...
McCann, Angela; Jeffery, Ian B; Ouliass, Bouchra; Ferland, Guylaine; Fu, Xueyen; Booth, Sarah L; Tran, Tam T.T.; O’Toole, Paul W; O'Connor, Eibhlís M.(Oxford University Press, 2019)
ackground: Vitamin K has multiple important physiological roles, including blood coagulation and beneficial effects on myelin integrity in the brain. Some intestinal microbes possess the genes to produce vitamin K in the ...
McCrory, Cathal; Leahy, Siobhan; Ribeiro, Ana Isabel; Fraga, Silvia; Barros, Henrique; Avendano, Mauricio; Vineis, Paolo; Layte, Richard(Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)
Background
Social inequalities in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity are well‐established, but less is known about when the social gradient first emerges and how it evolves across childhood and ...
Herring, Matthew P.; Kline, Christopher E.; O'Connor, Patrick J.(Elsevier, 2015)
Statement of the problem
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and disturbed sleep are prevalent, debilitating, and frequently comorbid problems for which successful treatment remains limited. Exercise can promote sleep but ...
Background:
Patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) on dialysis were excluded from clinical trials of direct oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation (AF). Recent data have raised concerns regarding the safety ...
Background: Older people are frequent emergency department (ED) users who present with complex issues that are linked to poorer health outcomes following the index visit, often have increased ED length of stay, and tend ...
Background: Cancer survivorship in Ireland is increasing in both frequency and longevity. However, a significant proportion of cancer survivors are overweight. This has negative implications for long-term health outcomes, ...
Koopman, Axel S.; Toxiri, Stefano; Power, Valerie; Kingma, Idsart; van Dieën, Jaap H.; Ortiz, Jesús; de Looze, Michiel P.(Elsevier, 2019)
With mechanical loading as the main risk factor for LBP, exoskeletons (EXO) are designed to reduce the load on the back by taking over part of the moment normally generated by back muscles. The present study investigated ...
Lowe, Catherine Minns; Barrett, Eva; McCreesh, Karen; De Burca, Neasa; Lewis, Jeremy S.(Foundation for Rehabilitation information, 2019)
Frozen shoulder commonly affects people aged around 50 years and is associated with substantial levels of shoulder pain and stiffness that may last for many years. Many people with frozen shoulder report that simple ...
Tiernan, Caoimhe; Lyons, Mart; Comyns, Thomas M.; Nevill, Alan M.; Warrington, Giles D.(Human Kinetics, 2019)
Insufficient recovery can lead to a decrease in performance and increase the risk of injury and illness. The aim of this study was to evaluate salivary cortisol as a marker of recovery in elite rugby union players. Method: ...
Tiernan, Caoimhe; Lyons, Mark; Comyns, Thomas M.; Nevill, Alan M.; Warrington, Giles D.(Lipppincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2019)
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTI) are among the most common
illnesses reported in athletes. An URTI can result in
missed training days, which in turn may lead to performance
decrements. The purpose of this study ...
Tiernan, Caoimhe; Lyons, Mark; Comyns, Thomas M.; Nevill, Alan M.; Warrington, Giles D.(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2019)
The adductor squeeze
strength test has become a popular training monitoring marker, particularly in team sports. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between adductor squeeze strength scores, subjective ...