Article
Sport Sciences
Michele Renard, Ana Anton-Solanas, David Kelly, Ciaran O'Cathain
Summary: Nutrition knowledge plays a vital role in athletes' dietary intake. Gaelic football players generally have low nutrition knowledge, but those with higher education levels and previous nutrition education tend to score better in knowledge tests.
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN FOOTBALL
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Darek Sokol-Randell, Mario Pasquale Rotundo, Gregory Tierney, Conor Deasy, Michael D. Cusimano
Summary: The study evaluated Potential Concussive Events (PCEs) in Gaelic football matches to understand the characteristics of these events and their impact on Sport-Related Concussion (SRC). The findings suggest that PCEs, which may not always result in a clinical diagnosis of SRC, are high-risk events that can be used as indicators. The data provides initial guidance for the development of player protection strategies to reduce the incidence and severity of SRC in Gaelic football.
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Shane Malone, Kieran Collins, Allistair McRobert, Dominic Doran
Summary: The study quantified the training and match-play load of elite Gaelic football players using GPS, RPE, and sRPE technologies across two seasons. Variations in loading patterns were observed across different phases, positions, and week types, providing valuable insights for training periodization and player load management strategies.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Rehabilitation
Thomas Dekkers, Kieran O'Sullivan, Kieran Collins, Joseph G. McVeigh, Mark Roe, John C. Murphy, Catherine Blake
Summary: This prospective cohort study aimed to describe the epidemiology of back injury in elite male Gaelic football athletes between 2008 and 2016. The study found that the incidence of back injuries in match play was 1.72 per 1000 hours of exposure, while in training it was 0.2 per 1000 hours. Most back injuries were new and occurred during non-contact player activities. The rate of back injuries in Gaelic football was similar to soccer and Australian football, but lower than rugby union.
PHYSICAL THERAPY IN SPORT
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Amy McGuire, Giles Warrington, Lorna Doyle
Summary: Evidence suggests that Gaelic football players may be at risk of low energy availability (LEA) due to not meeting recommended energy intake (EI) levels. This study examined 20 elite male Gaelic football players and found that a significant percentage had LEA both before the season and during the season. Carbohydrate intake was below recommendations, but protein and fat intake met recommendations. There were significant correlations between energy availability and carbohydrate, protein, fat, and energy intake. Additionally, 20% of the players were at risk of disordered eating.
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN FOOTBALL
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
F. Javier Nunez, Juan Carlos Martinez, Jan-Arie Overberg, Nacho Torreno, Luis Suarez-Arrones
Summary: The purpose of this study was to compare the fascicle length, angle pennation, and mechanical properties of the biceps femoris long head (BFlh) in dominant and non-dominant limbs in previously injured and uninjured professional football players. Myotonometry was used to measure mechanical properties, while angle pennation and fascicle length were also measured. The results showed significant differences in the mechanical properties of the BFlh between previously injured and uninjured players, but no significant differences in fascicle length and angle pennation were observed.
Article
Neurosciences
Roisin Leahy, Enda Whyte, Keith D. Rochfort, Anthony P. Kontos, Michael W. Collins, Siobhan O'Connor
Summary: This study examines the factors associated with concussion management behavior in adult Ladies Gaelic Football players. The findings suggest that being diagnosed with a concussion greatly influences the subacute management behavior. It is recommended to improve access to medical personnel and introduce comprehensive concussion education to ensure proper medical care for players.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
David Varillas-Delgado, Esther Morencos, Jorge Gutierrez-Hellin, Millan Aguilar-Navarro, Alejandro Munoz, Nuria Mendoza Laiz, Teresa Perucho, Antonio Maestro, Juan Jose Telleria-Orriols
Summary: In recent years, the genetic profile needed to identify talents has been extensively studied. This investigation compared the genetic variants in polygenic profiles and their role in elite endurance and professional football performance. The results showed statistical differences in genetic distributions between professional athletes and the non-athlete population, indicating genetic selection in endurance sports and professional football players.
Article
Sport Sciences
Samuel Pietsch, Brady Green, Anthony G. Schache, Tania Pizzari
Summary: Quadriceps muscle strain injuries (QMSI) in elite Australian Football League (AFL) players primarily occur in the dominant leg and result in longer recovery time frames, especially for rectus femoris injuries.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Karl Marius Aksum, Marius Pokolm, Christian Thue Bjorndal, Robert Rein, Daniel Memmert, Geir Jordet
Summary: This study analyzed the scanning behavior of elite youth football players during matches, finding that U19 players performed more scans and a positive relationship between scan frequency and pass success. Critical factors influencing scanning behavior include opponent pressure and pitch position, with central midfielders and central defenders having higher scan frequencies. These findings support and extend previous research, emphasizing the impact of playing positions and age groups on visual perception and scanning in football.
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Sport Sciences
Jan Ekstrand, Hakan Bengtsson, Markus Walden, Michael Davison, Karim M. Khan, Martin Hagglund
Summary: This study aimed to describe the incidence and burden of hamstring injuries in male professional football players over 21 seasons (2001/02 to 2021/22), analyze the time-trends of these injuries over the most recent eight seasons (2014/15 to 2021/22), and describe the location, mechanism, and recurrence rate of hamstring injuries.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Kevin W. Gavin, Aoife Lane, Kieran P. Dowd
Summary: The study quantified changes in physical activity levels attained by adolescents during Gaelic football participation and found that females significantly increased their time spent in MVPA during Gaelic football, while males did not show significant changes over time. The results suggest that the change in daily PA levels by females is due to increased MVPA during Gaelic football and reduced PA barriers across the season.
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Francisco Martins, Krzysztof Przednowek, Cintia Franca, Helder Lopes, Marcelo de Maio Nascimento, Hugo Sarmento, Adilson Marques, Andreas Ihle, Ricardo Henriques, Elvio Rubio Gouveia
Summary: This study analyzes predictive modeling of injury risk for elite football players based on body composition variables and selected physical fitness tests. The results show that sectorial positions, body height, sit-and-reach performance, number of push-ups, handgrip strength, and linear speed are the variables that best predict injury risk. This study provides a novel perspective for injury prevention and training monitoring.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Nils Muehlenfeld, Ida Bo Steendahl, Daniel P. Berthold, Tim Meyer, Thomas Hauser, Nils Wagner, Anna-Lena Sander, Ingo Marzi, Benjamin Kaltenbach, Ibrahim Yel, Thomas Vogl, Katrin Eichler
Summary: Recreational soccer players experience significant muscle volume loss in the thigh area within three and six weeks after injury, with around 2% to 7% decrease noted. The injured leg showed more muscle volume loss compared to the healthy leg, particularly in the hamstrings.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Physiology
Xiang Li, Runze Feng, Shiyi Luo, Chunman Li, Miguel A. A. Gomez-Ruano
Summary: In the Chinese School Football Programme, most players engage in early specialization training, which increases the risk of injury. This study found associations between early specialization, sports volume, maturity status, and musculoskeletal injury. Therefore, priority protection and intervention should be provided for high-risk populations.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Fionn Buttner, David Howell, Giacomo Severini, Cailbhe Doherty, Catherine Blake, John Ryan, Eamonn Delahunt
Summary: This study longitudinally investigated sensorimotor impairments in amateur athletes following sport-related concussion using two functional movement tests. The results showed that concussed athletes used more corrective postural strategies during the Multiple Hop Test, while there were no significant differences in the Star Excursion Balance Test.
PHYSICAL THERAPY IN SPORT
(2021)
Article
Sport Sciences
Huw Rees, Ulrik McCarthy Persson, Eamonn Delahunt, Colin Boreham, Catherine Blake
Summary: The study focused on reporting the burden of injuries in field hockey, finding that hamstring and muscle strain injuries were the most significant causes of injury burden for athletes on the team.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Olive Lennon, Patricia Hall, Catherine Blake
Summary: This study found that cardiovascular fitness (VO2peak) was an important predictor of adherence to healthy behaviors after ischemic stroke or TIA, while men were less likely to consume fruits and vegetables. Targeted secondary prevention interventions should focus on cardiovascular fitness training, managing psychological distress in persistent smokers, and considering environmental and social factors in dietary interventions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Rehabilitation
Fionn Buttner, David R. Howell, Cailbhe Doherty, Catherine Blake, John Ryan, Eamonn Delahunt
Summary: There was moderate-to-very strong evidence in favor of no difference between the concussion and control groups on symptom severity scores and condition-specific HRQoL patient-reported outcome measures at six-month and one-year assessments. This suggests that condition-specific HRQoL returns to the levels of non-concussed individuals within six months following sport-related concussion.
PHYSICAL THERAPY IN SPORT
(2021)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fiona Curran, Catherine Blake, Caitriona Cunningham, Carla Perrotta, Hidde van der Ploeg, James Matthews, Grainne O'Donoghue
Summary: This study systematically reviewed the efficacy of interventions specifically targeting sedentary behavior reduction in healthy ambulatory adults. The interventions resulted in a significant reduction in mean daily sitting time by half an hour, with an equivalent increase in standing time, in the short to medium term. Effective behavior change strategies included feedback on behavior and goal setting.
Article
Sport Sciences
Dan Horan, Catherine Blake, Martin Hagglund, Seamus Kelly, Mark Roe, Eamonn Delahunt
Summary: A two-season prospective injury surveillance study in the Women's National League in Ireland revealed a significantly higher injury incidence rate in matches compared to training, with the majority of injuries being lower extremity injuries, many of which were non-contact injuries. Recommendations were made for clubs to implement injury risk mitigation strategies, focusing on injuries with a high injury burden.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2022)
Review
Sport Sciences
Dan Horan, Fionn Buttner, Catherine Blake, Martin Hagglund, Seamus Kelly, Eamonn Delahunt
Summary: This study aimed to review the literature and establish overall, match, and training injury incidence rates (IIRs) in senior women's football. The study found that the 'time-loss' match and training IIRs are similar between senior women's elite club football and international football, while the training IIRs are approximately 6-7 times lower than the match IIRs. Lower limb injuries are a substantial problem in senior women's football.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Thomas Dekkers, Kieran O'Sullivan, Kieran Collins, Joseph G. McVeigh, Mark Roe, John C. Murphy, Catherine Blake
Summary: This prospective cohort study aimed to describe the epidemiology of back injury in elite male Gaelic football athletes between 2008 and 2016. The study found that the incidence of back injuries in match play was 1.72 per 1000 hours of exposure, while in training it was 0.2 per 1000 hours. Most back injuries were new and occurred during non-contact player activities. The rate of back injuries in Gaelic football was similar to soccer and Australian football, but lower than rugby union.
PHYSICAL THERAPY IN SPORT
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Mary E. Walsh, Jan Sorensen, Catherine Blake, Soren Paaske Johnsen, Pia Kjaer Kristensen
Summary: Ireland and Denmark have similar hip fracture surgery rates, but differences in care quality, surgery patterns, and outcomes. Further investigation is needed for the high variation in total hip arthroplasty provision and observed differences in mortality.
ARCHIVES OF OSTEOPOROSIS
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Keith M. Smart, Natasha S. Hinwood, Colin Dunlevy, Catherine M. Doody, Catherine Blake, Brona M. Fullen, Carel W. Le Roux, Jean O'Connell, Clare Gilsenan, Francis M. Finucane, Grainne O'Donoghue
Summary: Pain is common among individuals living with overweight and obesity, and the relationship between obesity and pain is complex, involving multiple factors. This study aims to explore the multidimensional pain profiles of people living with obesity over time in order to better understand the relationship between obesity and pain.
Review
Infectious Diseases
Nathaly Garzon-Orjuela, Sana Parveen, Doaa Amin, Heike Vornhagen, Catherine Blake, Akke Vellinga
Summary: Governments and healthcare organisations collect data on antibiotic prescribing for surveillance and use interactive dashboards to provide feedback and prompt changes in prescribing behaviour. This systematic review found that interactive dashboards may reduce antibiotic prescribing in primary care when combined with other educational or behavioural intervention strategies.
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Mary E. Walsh, Catherine Blake, Cathal D. Walsh, Louise Brent, Jan Sorensen
Summary: This study aimed to identify patient and hospital-level characteristics associated with time to surgery (TTS) in Ireland for hip fracture care. The results showed that factors such as male sex, higher ASA grade, lower pre-morbid mobility, inter-hospital transfer, weekday presentation, pre-operative medical physician assessment, intracapsular fracture type, arthroplasty surgery, general anesthesia, consultant grade of surgeon, and lower hospital-level orthopaedic surgical capacity were associated with longer TTS. On the other hand, the oldest age-group and pre-fracture nursing home residence were associated with shorter TTS. None of the explored protocols for expediting surgery were associated with TTS.
INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED
(2023)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Mary E. Walsh, Caitriona Cunningham, Louise Brent, Bibiana Savin, Michelle Fitzgerald, Catherine Blake
Summary: This review summarizes recent Irish research on post-acute hip fracture outcomes, including meta-analyses estimating the mortality rates at 30 days and 1 year. Standardized recommendations for data collection are needed to aid comparisons. The importance of defining standardized national outcome measures for long-term hip fracture outcomes is emphasized.
OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Diana van Doorn, Noel Richardson, Aubrey Storey, Aoife Osborne, Caitriona Cunningham, Catherine Blake, John McNamara
Summary: This study found that a high proportion of Irish male farmers were overweight or obese, with dietary habits characterized by low intake of fruits, vegetables, and dairy, and high intake of meat, fried and processed foods, salt, sugar, and snacks. Younger farmers reported higher intake of processed meats, but no associations were found between age, lifestyle behaviors, and dietary habits.
Article
Sport Sciences
Eoin Cunniffe, Adam Grainger, Walter McConnell, Ulrik McCarthy Persson, Eamonn Delahunt, Colin Boreham, Catherine Blake
Summary: This study compared the peak intensity periods of male field hockey players at international matches, professional league matches, and amateur league matches. Results showed that midfielders in amateur leagues and international matches covered less total distance relative to those in professional leagues, with significant differences and large effect sizes reported. Overall, professional league matches provided midfielders with greater peak intensity experiences compared to international matches.