Dr. Ciaran Finucane
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Medical Gerontology
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
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), 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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), 2022
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, 2021
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), 2021
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 - A26
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, 2019
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, p1475-1483
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, p786-792
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 - 118
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 - 39
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 - 482
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, 2017
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 - 117
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, p1663-1668
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, p904-907
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 - 230
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, p463-73
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, p239-242
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, p765-774
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, 623-636
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, p878-85
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-
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, pp793-796
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, p1780-1789
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, p147-156
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, p117-122
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, p1-12
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-
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, p415-24
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.
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, 2013
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 - s278
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 - 2456
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, pS269-78
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 - 163
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, p160-3
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, p7855-61
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, p2324-33
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, p2324-2333
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 - 7861
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, p247-253
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.]
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, 2008
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, p12-7
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, 2003