Physical Activity and Wellbeing Across the Lifecycle Research
Vision Sports Ireland in Collaboration with DCU School of Health and Human Performance and the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics will investigate Fundamental Movement Skills in teenagers, and health, wellbeing and access to physical activity for people who are blind or vision impaired from teenage years through to adulthood.
Research finds, Third of children who are blind or vision impaired at fitness ‘health risk’
On World Sight Day 2024, Vision Sports Ireland, Vision Ireland, DCU and Insight SFI Research Centre publish physical activity in Ireland survey
Adults and children who are blind or vision impaired in Ireland are less likely to meet the physical activity recommendations of the World Health Organisation than the general population, a new study from the Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics at DCU and Vision Ireland has found.
Published Papers
Investigating physical activity levels in adults who are blind and vision impaired
Quantifying physical activity, physical education and active travel in children and adolescents with visual Impairments
The Relationship Between Sleep and Physical Activity for Children With Visual Impairments: A Scoping Review