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Dr. Ciaran Finucane

Dr. Ciaran Finucane

Clinical Senior Lecturer, Medical Gerontology

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Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Feeney, J., Dooley, C., Finucane, C., Kenny, R.A. , Stressful Life Events and Orthostatic Blood Pressure Recovery in Older Adults, Health Psychology, 34, (7), 2015, p765-774Journal Article, 2015, DOI
  • Finucane, C., OʼConnell, M.D., Fan, C.W., (...), Cronin, H., Kenny, R.A. , Age Related Normative Changes in Phasic Orthostatic Blood Pressure in a Large Population Study: Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Circulation, 130, 2014, p1780-1789Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • O'Regan, C., Kenny, R.A., Cronin, H., Finucane, C., Kearney, P.M. , Antidepressants strongly influence the relationship between depression and heart rate variability: findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Psychological Medicine, 45, (3), 2015, 623-636Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • O'Halloran, A.M., Finucane, C., Savva, G.M., Robertson, I.H., Kenny, R.A. , Sustained attention and frailty in the older adult population, Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 69, (2), 2014, p147-156Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • Gríofa, C.O., Courtney, J., Finucane, C., Gray, C. , Tracking transverse 2D ultrasound images of the carotid artery, IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, Proceedings, 9th IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, Portugal, 11-12 June, IEEE, 2014, pp6860024-Conference Paper, 2014, DOI
  • Soraghan, C.J., Fan, C.W., Hayakawa, T., (...), Kenny, R.-A., Finucane, C. , TILDA Signal Processing Framework (SPF) for the analysis of BP responses to standing in epidemiological and clinical studies, Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, BHI 2014, 2014 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, BHI 2014, Vienna, 1-4 June, 2014, pp793-796Conference Paper, 2014, DOI
  • McCrory, C., , Finucane, C., O'Hare, Frewen, J., Nolan, H., Layte, R., Kearney, P. and Kenny, R.A , Social disadvantage and social isolation are associated with a higher resting heart rate: evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 71, (3), 2015, p463-73Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Ryan DJ, Kenny RA, Finucane C, Meaney JF, Collins DR, Walsh S, Harbison JA., Abnormal orthostatic blood pressure control among subjects with lacunar infarction. , European Stroke Journal, 1, (3), 2016, p222 - 230Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • Finucane C, O'Connell M.D.L, Donoghue O, Richardson K, Savva G.M, Kenny R.A, Impaired Orthostatic Blood Pressure Recovery Is Associated with Unexplained and Injurious Falls, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 65, (3), 2017, p474 - 482Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
  • Finucane C, Savva G.M, Kenny R.A, Reliability of orthostatic beat-to-beat blood pressure tests: implications for population and clinical studies, Clinical Autonomic Research, 27, (1), 2017, p31 - 39Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
  • Finucane C, Kenny R.A, Falls risk, orthostatic hypotension, and optimum blood pressure management: Is it all in our heads?, American Journal of Hypertension, 30, (2), 2017, p115 - 117Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
  • van Wijnen V.K, Finucane C, Harms M.P.M, Nolan H, Freeman R.L, Westerhof B.E, Kenny R.A, ter Maaten J.C, Wieling W, Noninvasive beat-to-beat finger arterial pressure monitoring during orthostasis: A comprehensive review of normal and abnormal responses at different ages, Journal of Internal Medicine, 2017Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Beattie A, Cournane S, Finucane C, Walsh JB, Stassen LFA, Quantitative ultrasound of the mandible as novel screening approach for osteoporosis, Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 21, (1), 2018, p110 - 118Journal Article, 2018
  • Duggan, E. and Donoghue, O. and Kenny, R.A. and Cronin, H. and Loughman, J. and Finucane, C., Time to Refocus Assessment of Vision in Older Adults? Contrast Sensitivity but Not Visual Acuity Is Associated with Gait in Older Adults, Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 72, (12), 2017, p1663-1668Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
  • Finucane, C. and Colgan, M.P. and O'Dwyer, C. and Fahy, C. and Collins, O. and Boyle, G. and Kenny, R.A., The accuracy of anatomical landmarks for locating the carotid sinus, Age and ageing, 45, (6), 2016, p904-907Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • O'Connell, M.D. and Savva, G.M. and Finucane, C. and Romero-Ortuno, R. and Fan, C.W. and Kenny, R.A., Impairments in Hemodynamic Responses to Orthostasis Associated with Frailty: Results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66, (9), 2018, p1475-1483Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • van Wijnen, V.K. and Hove, D.T. and Finucane, C. and Wieling, W. and van Roon, A.M. and Ter Maaten, J.C. and Harms, M.P.M., Hemodynamic Mechanisms Underlying Initial Orthostatic Hypotension, Delayed Recovery and Orthostatic Hypotension, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 19, (9), 2018, p786-792Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Finucane C., van Wijnen V.K., Fan C.W., Soraghan C., Byrne L., Westerhof B.E., Freeman R., Fedorowski A., Harms M.P.M., Wieling W., Kenny R., A practical guide to active stand testing and analysis using continuous beat-to-beat non-invasive blood pressure monitoring, Clinical Autonomic Research, 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • Townsend, L. and Moloney, D. and Finucane, C. and McCarthy, K. and Bergin, C. and Bannan, C. and Kenny, R.-A., Fatigue following COVID-19 infection is not associated with autonomic dysfunction, PLoS ONE, 16, (2 February 2021), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
  • R Armstrong, P Wheen, J Cosgrave, RA Kenny, A Maree, Impaired autonomic function after incomplete revascularisation., Heart, Irish Cardiac Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual, 106 , (Suppl 4), BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2020, ppA26 - A26Poster, 2020
  • Pérez"Denia L, Claffey P, Byrne L, Rice C, Kenny RA, Finucane C, Increased multimorbidity is associated with impaired cerebral and peripheral hemodynamic stabilization during active standing, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Claffey P, Perez-Denia L, Lavan A, Kenny R.A, Finucane C, Briggs R, Asymptomatic orthostatic hypotension and risk of falls in community-dwelling older people, Age and ageing, 51, (12), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
  • Harms M.P.M., Finucane C., Perez-Denia L., Jurachek S., van Wijnen V.K., Lipsitz L.A., van Lieshout J.J., Wieling W., Systemic and cerebral circulatory adjustment within the first 60 s after active standing: An integrative physiological view, Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 231, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Manavi T., Ijaz M., O'Grady H., Nagy M., Martina J., Finucane C., Sharif F., Zafar H., Design and Haemodynamic Analysis of a Novel Anchoring System for Central Venous Pressure Measurement, Sensors, 22, (21), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Dolphin H., Dukelow T., Finucane C., Commins S., McElwaine P., Kennelly S.P., "The Wandering Nerve Linking Heart and Mind" " The Complementary Role of Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Modulating Neuro-Cardiovascular and Cognitive Performance, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Finucane C, Boyle G, Fan CW, Hade D, Byrne L, Kenny RA, Mayer Wave Activity in Vasodepressor Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity, EP Europace, 12, (2), 2010, p247-253Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Collins O, Dillon S, Finucane C, Lawlor B, Kenny RA., Parasympathetic autonomic dysfunction is common in mild cognitive impairment., Neurobiology of Aging, 33, (10), 2012, p2324-2333Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Fan CW, Savva GM, Finucane C, Cronin H, O'Regan C, Kenny RA and on behalf of te Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Factors affecting continuous beat-to-beat orthostatic blood pressure response in community-dwelling older adults., Blood Pressure Monitoring , 17, (4), 2012, p160 - 163Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Nolan JM, Feeney J, Kenny RA, Cronin H, O'Regan C, Savva GM, Loughman J, Finucane C, Connolly E, Meagher K, Beatty S., Education is positively associated with macular pigment: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.,, 53, 2012, p7855 - 7861Journal Article, 2012
  • Nolan JM, Feeney J, Kenny RA, Cronin H, O'Regan C, Savva GM, Loughman J, Finucane C, Connolly E, Meagher K, Beatty S, Education is positively associated with macular pigment: the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)., Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 53, (12), 2012, p7855-61Journal Article, 2012
  • C Finucane, D Burke, AM De Paor , Investigations into a dual modality P300 based Brain-Computer Interface", Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction, Crete, Greece, 2003Conference Paper, 2003
  • Finucane C, Fan CW, Hade D, Byrne L, Boyle G,Kenny R, Cunningham C, Identifying Blood Pressure Response Subtypes Following Orthostatis Using Pattern Recognition Techniques. , TCD Medical School Postgraduate Research Day, Dubiln, Ireland, 2008Conference Paper, 2008, TARA - Full Text
  • Cronin H, O'Regan C, Finucane C, Kearney P, Kenny RA, Health and aging: development of the irish longitudinal study on ageing health assessment., Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61 Suppl 2, 2013, pS269-78Journal Article, 2013
  • Frewen J, Finucane C, Cronin H, Rice C, Kearney PM, Harbison J, Kenny RA, Factors that influence awareness and treatment of atrial fibrillation in older adults., QJM, 106, (5), 2013, p415-24Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • O'Halloran AM, Finucane C, Savva GM, Robertson IH, Kenny RA, Sustained Attention and Frailty in the Older Adult Population., The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2013Journal Article, 2013
  • Fan CW, Savva GM, Finucane C, Cronin H, O'Regan C, Kenny RA, Factors affecting continuous beat-to-beat orthostatic blood pressure response in community-dwelling older adults., Blood pressure monitoring, 17, (4), 2012, p160-3Journal Article, 2012
  • Collins O, Dillon S, Finucane C, Lawlor B, Kenny RA, Parasympathetic autonomic dysfunction is common in mild cognitive impairment., Neurobiology of aging, 33, (10), 2012, p2324-33Journal Article, 2012
  • Burke DP, Kelly SP, de Chazal P, Reilly RB, Finucane C, A parametric feature extraction and classification strategy for brain-computer interfacing., IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 13, (1), 2005, p12-7Journal Article, 2005
  • O'Halloran AM, Finucane C, Savva GM, Robertson IH, Kenny RA., Sustained attention and frailty in the older adult population., The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences gbt009., 69, (2), 2013, p147-56.Journal Article, 2013, TARA - Full Text
  • Cronin H, O'Regan C, Finucane C, Kearney P, Kenny RA., Health and aging: development of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing., J Am Geriatr Soc., 61, (Suppl 2), 2013, ps269 - s278Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Donoghue, Orna A., Harriet Ryan, Eoin Duggan, Ciaran Finucane, George M. Savva, Hilary Cronin, James Loughman, and Rose Anne Kenny. , Relationship between fear of falling and mobility varies with visual function among older adults., Geriatrics & Gerontology International , 2013, p1-12Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Feeney, J., Finucane, C., Savva, G. M., Cronin, H., Beatty, S., Nolan, J. M., & Kenny, R. A. , Low macular pigment optical density is associated with lower cognitive performance in a large, population-based sample of older adults.., Neurobiology of Aging, 34, (11), 2013, p2449 - 2456Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Frewen, J, Savva, GM, Boyle, G, Finucane, C, Kenny, RA, Cognitive Performance in Orthostatic Hypotension: Findings from a Nationally Representative Sample, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62, (1), 2014, p117-122Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • Mayer Wave Activity in Vasodepressor Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity Pathological Modulation of Baroreflex Sensitivity and Latency in Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity in, editor(s)Howard M. Fillit MD, Kenneth Rockwood MD FRCPC, Kenneth Woodhouse , Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine, 2009, pp1- 1152 , [Finucane, C., Boyle, G., Fan, C.W., Hade, D., Byrne, L., Kenny, R.A.]Book Chapter, 2009
  • Frewen J, Finucane C, Savva GM, Boyle G, Kenny RA, Orthostatic hypotension is associated with lower cognitive performance in adults aged 50 plus with supine hypertension., The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 69, (7), 2014, p878-85Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Romero-Ortuno, R, O'Connell, MDL, Finucane, C, Soraghan, C, Fan, CW, Kenny, RA, Insights into the clinical management of the syndrome of supine hypertension - orthostatic hypotension (SH-OH): The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), BMC Geriatrics, 13, 2013, p73-Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Romero-Ortuno R1, O'Connell MD, Finucane C, Fan CW, Kenny RA, Higher orthostatic heart rate predicts mortality: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Aging Clin Exp Res, 27, (2), 2015, p239-242Journal Article, 2015, DOI