• Editorial: Autism spectrum disorders and metal dyshomeostasis 

  Pandey, Mukesh K.; Grabrucker, Andreas M.; Mehta, Sunil Q.; Harvey, Robert J. (Frontiers Media, 2022)

  Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a multifaceted neurodevelopmental disorder with a complex etiology that appears to be a mixture of underlying environmental and genetic risk factors. Among the environmental risk factors ...
• Design and evaluation of interprofessional training program for healthcare students from collectivistic culture 

  Raj, Sonika; Kelly, Dervla; Siddig, MuizzI; Muppidi, Pranjali; O'Connor, Chris; McKeague, Helena; Dixon, Mark; Alshahrani, Mastour S.; Alhazmi, Amani; Elmusharaf, Khalifa (Springer, 2022)

  Background Healthcare is team-based, and with increased mobility of healthcare workers, most of them will work with team members from all over the globe. Interprofessional education (IPE) research has mostly focused on ...
• Injury trends for school rugby union in Ireland: The need for position-specific injury-prevention programs 

  Leahy, Therese M.; Kenny, Ian C.; Campbell, Mark J.; Warrington, Giles D.; Purtill, Helen; Cahalan, Roisin; Comyns, Thomas M. (SAGE, 2022)

  Background: Concern has been raised over the injury risk to school Rugby union (Rugby) players and the potential long-term health consequences. Despite the increase in studies for this cohort, the influence of playing ...
• Evaluating the use of participatory action research to implement evidence-based guidance on dementia palliative care in long-term care settings: A creative hermeneutic analysis 

  Buckley, Catherine; Hartigan, Irene; Coffey, Alice; Cornally, Nicola; O'Connell, Selena; O'Loughlin, Christina; Timmons, Suzanne; Lehane, Elaine (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2022)

  Background: Dementia affects a large proportion of society and places a significant burden on older people and healthcare systems internationally. Managing symptoms at the end of life for people with dementia is complex. ...
• Physical activity surveillance in adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A pilot mixed-methods investigation 

  Giblin, Susan; Scully, Paul; Evers, Julie; Dalton, Niall; Hayes, Grainne; Donnelly, Alan Edward; Neylon, Orla; O'Gorman, Clodagh S. (Hindawi, 2022)

  Type 1 diabetes (T1D) affects over 2,500 children in Ireland. Insulin replacement is the mainstay of treatment for T1D, and physical activity (PA) is an important, modifiable lifestyle factor for sustaining health. ...
• Phytochemicals as inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor alpha and neuroinflammatory responses in neurodegenerative diseases 

  Zahedipour, Fatemeh; Hosseini, Seyede Atefe; Henney, Neil C.; Barreto, George E.; Sahebkar, Amirhossein (Medknow Publications, 2022)

  Inflammatory processes and proinflammatory cytokines have a key role in the cellular processes of neurodegenerative diseases and are linked to the pathogenesis of functional and mental health disorders. Tumor necrosis ...
• Impact of role conflicts and self-efficacy on academic performance of graduate-entry healthcare students: A lagged study 

  O'Connor, Anne; McCarthy, Gemma; Deirdre, O'Shea (Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2022)

  Graduate entry healthcare students experience many challenges during their academic journey. The impact of these challenges needs to be considered to support students through their training and education. In this study, ...
• Sensing apps and public data sets for digital phenotyping of mental health: systematic review 

  Mendes, Jean J.M.; Moura, Ivan R.; van de Ven, Pepijn; Viana, Davi; Silva, Francisco J.S.; Coutinho, Luciano R.; Teixeira, Silmar; Rodrigues, Joel J.P.C.; Teles, Ariel Soares (JMIR Publications, 2022)

  Background: Mental disorders are normally diagnosed exclusively on the basis of symptoms, which are identified from patients’ interviews and self-reported experiences. To make mental health diagnoses and monitoring more ...
• Investigating group-based classes (‘weaning workshops’) to support complementary infant feeding in Irish primary care settings: a cross-sectional survey 

  Flannery, Caragh; Shea, Caroline; O'Brien, Yvonne; O'Halloran, Joanne; Matvienko-Sikar, Karen; Kelly, Colette; Toomey, Elaine C. (Cambridge University Press, 2022)

  Objective: This study aims to (1) investigate current practice regarding ‘weaning workshops’ to support complementary infant feeding delivered within Irish primary care, (2) explore the experiences and opinions of community ...
• Are all domains created equal? An exploration of stakeholder views on the concept of physical literacy 

  Belton, Sarahjane; Connolly, Sinéad Á.; Peers, Cameron; Goss, Hannah; Murphy, Marie H.; Murtagh, Elaine M.; Kavanagh, Jennifer; Corr, Méabh; Ferguson, Kyle; O'Brien, Wesley (BMC, 2022)

  Background: Developing physical literacy at population levels provides a transformative appeal for those working in sport, health, education, recreation and physical activity settings. Interdisciplinary approaches to ...
• ‘Down to the person, the individual patient themselves’:a qualitative study of treatment decision‐making for shoulder pain 

  Maxwell, Christina; McCreesh, Karen; Salsberg, Jon; Robinson, Katie (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2022)

  Introduction: Many inconsistencies have been identified in the translation of evidence‐based treatment recommendations for musculoskeletal shoulder pain into healthcare services, with little known about factors influencing ...
• Evidence-based aquatic therapy guidelines for Parkinson’s disease: an international consensus study 

  Carroll, Louise M.; Morris, Meg E.; O'Connor, William T.; Volpe, Daniele; Salsberg, Jon; Clifford, Amanda M. (IOP Publishing, 2022)

  Background: Aquatic therapy is one therapy option for people living with Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, the optimal prescription, dosage, and delivery remain unclear. Objective: i) To generate consensus statements, ...
• Study protocol for the investigation of the clinical effectiveness of a physical activity behaviour change intervention for individuals living with and beyond cancer 

  Cantwell, Mairéad; Kehoe, Bróna; Moyna, Niall; McCaffrey, Noel; Skelly, Fiona; Loughney, Lisa; Walsh, Deirdre M.J.; Dowd, Kieran; McCarren, Andrew; Woods, Catherine B. (Elsevier, 2022)

  Most individuals living with and beyond cancer are not sufficiently active to achieve the health benefits associated with regular physical activity (PA). The purpose of this study was to describe the study protocol for ...
• Cardio-protective properties and health benefits of fish lipid bioactives; the effects of thermal processing 

  Tsoupras, Alexandros; Brummell, Chloe; Kealy, Ciara; Vitkaitis, Karolis; Redfern, Shane; Zabetakis, Ioannis (MDPI, 2022)

  The beneficial effects of fish-derived lipid bioactives have come to prominence over the last few decades, especially for their utilization in fish oils, supplements, and nutraceuticals. Omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated ...
• Divergent serum metabolomic, skeletal muscle signaling, transcriptomic, and performance adaptations to fasted versus whey protein-fed sprint interval training 

  Aird, Thomas.P.; Farquharson, Andrew J.; Bermingham, Kate M.; O'Sullivan, Aifric; Drew, Janice E.; Carson, Brian P. (American Physiological Society, 2021)

  Sprint interval training (SIT) is a time-efficient alternative to endurance exercise, conferring beneficial skeletal muscle metabolic adaptations. Current literature has investigated the nutritional regulation of acute and ...
• Association between functional movement screen scores and athletic performance in adolescents: a systematic review 

  Fitton Davies, Katie; Sacko, Ryan S.; Lyons, Mark; Duncan, Michael J. (MDPI, 2922)

  This study systematically reviews the literature examining the relationship between Funda mental Movement Screen (FMS©) scores and athletic performance in youth. We searched English language papers on PubMed/MEDLINE, ...
• The effect of exercise training intensity on VO2 max in healthy adults: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses 

  Crowley, Emmet; Powell, Cormac; Carson, Brian P.; Davies, Robert W. (Hindawi, 2022)

  This study aimed to evaluate systematic reviews and meta-analyses that have examined the effect of exercise training on VO2max in healthy individuals at different intensities. Five databases were searched: EBSCOhost, ...
• Wheelchair skills education and training for children with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus and their parents: a pilot study 

  Gowran, Rosemary Joan; Collins, Marion B.; McGlanaghy, Joanne; Shanahan, Ellen; Cleary, Yvonne (MDPI, 2022)

  Background: Many children with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus use manual wheelchairs. However, training to ensure appropriate wheelchair use is limited and informal, and this negatively impacts daily activity and ...
• Interprofessional education and practice guide: profiling readiness for practice-based IPE 

  O'Leary, Noreen; Salmon, Nancy; O'Donnell, Marie; Murphy, Saerlaith; Mannion, Joanne (Taylor and Francis, 2022)

  Practice-based interprofessional education (IPE) is both a valuable and complex model of practice education. To support educators design, deliver, and implement high-quality practice-based IPE, this guideline was ...
• Fostering collective approaches in supporting perinatal mental healthcare access for migrant women: a participatory health research study 

  Markey, Kathleen; Noonan, Maria; Doody, Owen; Tuohy, Teresa; Daly, Tony; Regan, Ciara; O'Donnell, Claire (MDPI, 2922)

  Perinatal mental health is a growing public health concern. The mounting evidence examining the prevalence of perinatal mental illness identifies specific vulnerabilities and risk factors among migrant women. We know ...

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