Browsing FACULTY OF EDUCATION by Author "Murtagh, Elaine"
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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 ... -
Assessment tools in primary physical education: enhancing teaching and learning
Ní Chróinín, Déirdre; Murtagh, Elaine; O'Connor, Ann-Maria; Mulcahy, Catherine (afPE [Association for Physical Education], 2011) -
Bizzy break! The effect of a classroom-based activity break on in-school physical activity levels of primary school children (Pre-published version)
Murtagh, Elaine; Mulvihill, Maureen; Markey, Oonagh (Human Kinetics, 2013)The school has been identified as a key setting to promote physical activity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a classroom-based activity break on in-school step counts of primary school children. ... -
A century of trends in adult human height
Murtagh, Elaine; NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) (eLife Sciences Publications, 2016)Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings. We reanalysed 1472 population-based studies, with measurement of height on more than 18.6 million participants to estimate mean height ... -
Contribution of primary school physical education class to daily moderate-vigorous physical activity (Pre-published version)
Murtagh, Elaine; McKee, David (Elsevier, 2013) -
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) ... -
Effect of active lessons on physical activity, academic and health outcomes: A systematic review (Pre-published version)
Martin, Rosemarie; Murtagh, Elaine (Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2017)Purpose. To conduct a systematic review of classroom-based PA interventions which integrate academic content and assess the effectiveness of the interventions on PA, learning, facilitators of learning, and health outcomes. ... -
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 ... -
An evaluation of Irish primary school children’s physical activity during the segmented school-day
Murtagh, Elaine; Ní Chróinín, Déirdre; Hegarty, Deirdre (DCU [Dublin City University], 2013) -
Flying the ‘Active School Flag’: Physical activity promotion through self-evaluation in primary schools in Ireland
Ní Chróinín, Déirdre; Murtagh, Elaine; Bowles, Richard (Routledge, 2012)Primary schools are key sites where children can be active, advance their knowledge and understanding of how to participate in physical activity (PA) and develop an appreciation of its importance in their lives. This ... -
How can pre-service primary teachers' perspectives contribute to a pedagogy that problematises the ‘practical’ in teacher education? (Pre-published version)
Ní Chróinín, Déirdre; Mitchell, Eamonn; Kenny, Ailbhe; Murtagh, Elaine; Vaughan, Elaine Claire (Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2013)This study examined pre-service primary teachers’ perspectives on teaching and learning experiences within college-based courses in ‘practical’ subject areas within a teacher education programme. Following three individual ... -
‘In their shoes’: exploring a modified approach to peer observation of teaching in a university setting (Pre-published version)
Kenny, Ailbhe; Mitchell, Eamonn; Ní Chróinín, Déirdre; Vaughan, Elaine Claire; Murtagh, Elaine (Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2013)Peer observation of teaching (POT) has become common practice in many universities. However, it could be argued that existing models often have limited scope for understanding the student experience. This study presents a ...