Browsing Department of Arts Education and Physical Education by Author "Murphy, Marie H."
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150 minutes per week or 30 minutes on 5 days? The effect of brief advice about physical activity recommendations on moderate-to-vigorous activity of inactive adults (Pre-published version)
Murtagh, Elaine; Breslin, Gavin; McNeilly, Andrea; Murphy, Marie H.; Archibald, Kathy; Doherty, Aiden; Mutrie, Nanette; Lambe, Barry; McAdam, ChloeUK physical activity guidelines are now expressed as a weekly total of 150-minutes rather than the previously used guideline of 30-minutes on most days. This study compares the amount, intensity and pattern of physical ... -
An 8-week randomized controlled trial on the effects of brisk walking, and brisk walking with abdominal electrical muscle stimulation on anthropometric, body composition, and self-perception measures in sedentary adult women
Murtagh, Elaine; Anderson, Ailsa G.; Murphy, Marie H.; Nevill, Alan M. (Elsevier, 2006)Objectives: The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to examine the effects of an 8-week program of regular brisk walking, regular brisk walking with abdominal electrical muscle stimulation (EMS), and no exercise ... -
Accumulated versus continuous exercise for health benefit: a review of empirical studies (Pre-published version)
Murtagh, Elaine; Murphy, Marie H.; Blair, Steven N. (Springer Nature, 2009)Current physical activity guidelines endorse the notion that the recommended amount of daily physical activity can be accumulated in short bouts performed over the course of a day. Although intuitively appealing, the ... -
Active travel to school and physical activity levels of Irish primary school children
Murtagh, Elaine; Murphy, Marie H. (Human Kinetics Journals, 2011)The purpose of this study was to (1) determine the physical activity levels of 9–11 year old children, and (2) compare the activity levels of children who commute to school by active and passive modes. 140 children aged ... -
Acute responses of inflammatory markers of cardiovascular disease risk to a single walking session
Murtagh, Elaine; Boreham, Colin; Nevill, Alan M.; Davison, Gareth; Trinick, Tom; Duly, Ellie; El-Agnaf, Mawloud; Murphy, Marie H. (Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc., 2005)Markers of inflammation are emerging as novel indices of cardiovascular risk. These markers have been shown to alter acutely after intense exercise; however, the effects of more moderate intensity exercise in ... -
Determinants of uptake and maintenance of active commuting to school (Pre-published version)
Murtagh, Elaine; Murphy, Marie H.; Dempster, Martin (Elsevier, 2016)The objective was to identify determinants of uptake and maintenance of active school travel (AST) over 4 years in children aged 9 at baseline. Data from wave 1 (n=8502) and 2 (n=7479) of the Growing Up in Ireland study ... -
The effect of a worksite based walking programme on cardiovascular risk in previously sedentary civil servants
Murtagh, Elaine; Murphy, Marie H.; Boreham, Colin; Hare, Lesley; Nevill, Alan M. (Biomed Central, 2006)Background: A significant proportion of Europeans do not meet the recommendations for 30 mins of physical activity 5 times per week. Whether lower frequency, moderate intensity exercise alters cardiovascular disease (CVD) ... -
The effect of walking on fitness, fatness and resting blood pressure: a meta-analysis of randomised, controlled trials (Pre-published version)
Murtagh, Elaine; Murphy, Marie H.; Nevill, Alan M.; Holder, Roger L. (Elsevier, 2007)Objective. The purpose of this review was to perform a meta-analysis on walking intervention studies in order to quantify the magnitude and direction of walking-induced changes that may alter selected cardiovascular risk ... -
The effect of walking on risk factors for cardiovascular disease: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials (Pre-published version)
Murtagh, Elaine; Nichols, Linda; Mohammed, Mohammed A.; Holder, Roger L.; Nevill, Alan M.; Murphy, Marie H. (Elsevier, 2015)Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials that examined the effect of walking on risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Methods: Four electronic databases and reference lists ... -
The effects of 60 minutes of brisk walking per week, accumulated in two different patterns, on cardiovascular risk
Murtagh, Elaine; Boreham, Colin; Nevill, Alan M.; Hare, Lesley; Murphy, Marie H. (Elsevier, 2004)Current ACSM guidelines recommend that adults should exercise for 20–60 min on 3–5 daysd week 1 (M.L. Pollock, et al., The recommended quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining cardiorespiratory and ... -
Estimates of the number of people in England who attain or exceed vigorous intensity exercise by walking at 3 mph
Kelly, Paul; Oja, Pekka; Murtagh, Elaine; Foster, Charlie; Murphy, Marie H. (Routledge, 2011)Walking is a safe, accessible and low cost activity, amenable to change and known to have great potential to increase physical activity levels in sedentary individuals. The objective of this study is to estimate the ... -
Physical activity, ageing and health
Murtagh, Elaine; Murphy, Marie H.; Murphy, Niamh M.; Woods, Catherine; Lane, Aoife (Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI), 2014) -
Prevalence and correlates of physical inactivity in community-dwelling older adults in Ireland
Murtagh, Elaine; Murphy, Marie H.; Murphy, Niamh M.; Woods, Catherine; Nevill, Alan M.; Lane, Aoife (Public Library of Science, 2015)The public health challenges associated with rapid population ageing are likely to be exacerbated by poor physical activity levels. The purpose of this study was to identify correlates of physical inactivity in a ... -
Psychosocial factors related to children’s active school travel: A comparison of two European regions
Murtagh, Elaine; McMinn, David; Row, David A.; Murtagh, Shemane; Nelson, Norah M.; Čuk, Ivan; Atiković, Almir; Peček, Mojca; Breslin, Gavin; Murphy, Marie H. (Berkeley Electronic Press, 2014)Inequalities in health behaviors exist between regions of Europe, along a North West/South East axis. This study investigated whether prevalence of walking to school and associated psychosocial antecedents differed between ... -
School-based interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour in children: A systematic review
Murtagh, Elaine; Hegarty, Lynda M.; Mair, Jacqueline L.; Kirby, Karen; Murphy, Marie H. (AIMS Press, 2016)Prolonged, uninterrupted periods of sedentary time may be associated with increased risk of Type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality even if the minimum recommended levels of daily physical activity ... -
Self-rated walking pace and all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality: Individual participant pooled analysis of 50,225 walkers from 11 population British cohorts (Pre-published version)
Murtagh, Elaine; Stamatakis, Emmanuel; Kelly, Paul; Strain, Tessa; Ding, Ding; Murphy, Marie H. (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2018)Background/Objectives: Walking pace is associated with risk of premature mortality. However, whether this relationship is independent of total volume of physical activity and highest physical activity intensity reached ... -
Session 1: Public health nutrition physical activity prescription for public health
Murtagh, Elaine; Murphy, Marie H.; McNeilly, Andrea M. (Cambridge University Press, 2010)The increased prevalence of CVD deaths in the past 60 years is a result in considerable part of the influence of environmental and lifestyle changes, including decreased daily energy expenditure through physical exertion. ... -
Speed and exercise intensity of recreational walkers
Murtagh, Elaine; Boreham, Colin; Murphy, Marie H. (American Health Foundation and Elsevier Science (USA), 2002)Brisk walking has been identified as an activity suited to meet American College of Sport Medicine/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for moderate intensity exercise (55– 69% HRmax, 40–59% VO2R). ... -
Stay active: The physical activity, ageing and health study
Murtagh, Elaine; Murphy, Marie H.; Murphy, Niamh M.; Woods, Catherine; Lane, Aoife (Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI), 2014) -
Walking and cardiovascular risk: A meta-analysis of randomised, controlled trials 2361 board #93 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM (Pre-published version)
Murtagh, Elaine; Murphy, Marie H.; Nevill, Alan M.; Boreham, Colin (American College of Sports Medicine, 2006)Walking is the most popular physical activity among the EU population, and has become an important cornerstone in many physical activity promotion campaigns. Despite this, interventions that have considered the effects of ...