Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Culleton-Quinn E, Bo K, Hamilton N, Cusack C, Daly D, Prevalence and experience of urinary incontinence among elite female Gaelic sports athletes, 2024
Dearbhla Cullinane, Ashley Durfee, Neil Fleming, Denis Barry, Teaching and training of functional disorders in healthcare provider education: A systematic scoping review mapping strategies and outcomes, 5th International Conference on Functional Neurological Disorder, Verona, Italy, 8th-11th June 2024, 2024
Fleming, N., Taylor, C., Etzelmueller, M., Gill, C., O'Keeffe, C., Mahony, N., Reilly, R., Contralateral selectivity of upper limb motor pools via targeted stimulation of the cervical spinal cord., Biomedicines, 11, (2), 2023
Rafferty T, Fleming N, Kiely P, Dockrell S, An evaluation of cardiorespiratory and pulmonary function in individuals with mild, moderate and severe Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis compared to age, gender and anthropometrically matched controls., Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists Conference 2023, Dublin, 13/09/23, 2023
Cameron Mitchell, Sarah McDonnell, Karina Oganezova, David Mockler, Neil Fleming, The effect of surface compliance on overground running biomechanics. A systematic review and meta-analysis, Sports biomechanics / International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, 21, 2023, p1 - 25
McGovern, Aoife, Mahony, Nicholas, Mockler, David, Fleming, Neil, Efficacy of resistance training during adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy in cancer care: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Supportive Care in Cancer, 2022
Fleming, N., Taylor, C., Etzelmueller, M., Gill, C., O'Keeffe, C., Mahony, N., Reilly, R. , Selectivity of Upper Limb Posterior Root Muscle Reflexes Via Cervicothoracic Spinal Cord Stimulation, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Glasgow, UK, July, 2022
Hartman, R., Fleming, N., A Comparison of Nordic Hamstring Exercise and Single Leg Hip Extension Exercises using Surface Electromyography and Knee Flexor Torque, FSEM Conference 2022, Dublin, September 17th, edited by Royal College of Surgeons Ireland , 2022
EANNA McGRATH, NICK MAHONY, NEIL FLEMING, ALESSIO BENAVOLI, and BERNARD DONNE, Prediction of Functional Threshold Power from Graded Exercise Test Data in Highly-Trained Individuals, International Journal of Exercise Science, 15, (4), 2022, p747 - 759
Culleton-Quinn E, Bø K, Fleming N, Mockler D, Cusack C, Daly D, A systematic review of female athletes' experiences of symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction , International Urogynecology Journal, 2022
Rafferty, A., Fleming, N., Kiely, P., Mockler, D., Dockrell, S., Does exercise therapy improve pulmonary function in patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis?, Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 2022
Boland, M., Crotty, N., Mahony, N., Donne, B., Fleming, N. , A Comparison of Physiological Response to Incremental Testing on Stationary and Dynamic Rowing Ergometers., International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 17, (4), 2022, p515 - 522
Gill, C., O'Keeffe, C., Etzelmueller, M., Taylor, C., Hablani, S., Fleming, N., Reilly, R., Effect of Initial Knee angle and Arm Facilitation of biomechanics of the Sit-to-Stand movement., IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Glasgow, UK, July, 2022
EANNA McGRATH, NICK MAHONY, NEIL FLEMING CONOR RALEIGH and BERNARD DONNE, Do Critical Power and Functional Threshold Power equate in Highly Trained Athletes? , International Journal of Exercise Science, 14, (4), 2021, p45 - 59
Clare Taylor, Conor McHugh, David Mockler, Conor Minogue, Richard B. Reilly, Neil Fleming, Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation and motor responses in individuals with spinal cord injury: A methodological review, PLOS ONE, 2021
Lee, C., Fleming, N., Donne, B. , Comparison of balance variables across active and retired athletes and age matched controls., International Journal of Exercise Science, 14, (3), 2021, p76 - 92
McHugh, C., Taylor, C., Mockler, D., Fleming, N. , Epidural Spinal Cord Stimulation for motor recovery in SCI: A Systematic Review., Neurorehabilitation, 49, (1), 2021, p1 - 22
Nora May Nuala Crotty; Marie Boland; Nick Mahony; Bernard Donne; Neil Fleming, Reliability and Validity of the Lactate Pro 2 Analyser, Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 25, (3), 2021, p202 - 211
Culleton-Quinn E, Fleming N, Bø K, Mockler D, Cusack C, Daly D, A systematic review of female athletes'/sportswomen's experiences of incontinence and symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction, https://www.ics.org/education/icspublications/abstracts, International Continence Society Conference (Online), Melbourne, October 2021, 2021
Rafferty, T., Donne, B., Fleming, N., Functional deficits in post-operative adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients. , Physiotherapy Practice and Research., 41, (2), 2020, p133 - 141
Martinez-Valdes, E., Wilson, F., Fleming, N., McDonnell S., Horgan, A., Falla, D , Rowers with low back pain engage different regions of the lumbar erector spinae during rowing: New insights into the potential mechanisms underlying the perpetuation and maintenance of LBP in rowers. , Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22, (11), 2019
Rowe, A., Mahony, N., Fleming, N., Donne, B. , The effect of diurnal variation in exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, Journal of Asthma, 2019
McGrath, E., Mahony, N., Fleming, N., Donne, B , Is the FTP Test a Reliable, Reproducible and Functional Assessment Tool in Highly-Trained Athletes? , International Journal of Exercise Science., 12, (4), 2019, p1334 - 1345
Raleigh, C., Donne, B., Fleming, N. , Association between different Non-Invasively Derived Thresholds with Lactate Threshold during graded incremental exercise. , International Journal of Exercise Science, 11, (4), 2018, p391 - 403
Martinez-Valde, E., Wilson, F., Fleming, N., McDonnell, S., Falla, D., Rowers with low back pain show a different distribution of erector spinae muscle activity. , Proceedings of the XXII Congress of the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology, Dublin, Ireland, 2018
Fleming, N., Vaughan, J., Feeback, M. , Ingestion of oxygenated water enhances lactate clearance kinetics in trained runners. , . Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition , 14, (9), 2017
Duggan, W., Fleming, N., Donne, B. , Effect of Seat Tube Angle and Exercise Intensity on Muscle Activity Patterns in Cyclists., International Journal of Exercise Science. , 10, (8), 2017, p1145 - 1156
Crossway, A., Games, K., Eberman, L., Fleming, N. , Orchard Sports Injury Classification System 10.1 Plus: An End-User Study., International Journal of Exercise Science, 10, (2), 2017, p284 - 293
Fleming N., Donne B. & Mahony N, Cardiorespiratory effects of combining transcutaneous spinal stimulation and robot assisted walking: a case study. , 21st Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Vienna, Austria, 6-9 July, edited by Baca, A., Diketmüller, R., Tschan, H., Hofman, M., Kornfeind, P., Tsolakidis, E. , 2016
Fleming, N., Donne, B., Mahony, N., Neurophysiological effects of combining transcutaneous spinal stimulation and robot assisted walking: a case study, Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the European College of Sports Science, Vienna, Austria, 2016
Nesser T., Fleming N., Gage M., Activation of Selected Core Muscles during Squatting. , Journal of Athletic Enhancement, 5, (1), 2016
Neal, M., Fleming N., Eberman, L., Games, K., Vaughan, J. , Effect of body weight support running on lower limb biomechanics., Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy , 46, (9), 2016, p784-793-
Fleming, N., Vaughan, J., Feeback, M., Activated stabilised oxygen supplementation improved post-exercise lactate clearance in trained runners, Proceedings of the 20th conference of the European College of Sports Science, Malmo, Sweden, 2015
McCarthy, C., Fleming, N., Donne, B., Blanksby, B. , Barefoot running and hip kinematics. Good news for the knee? , Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise , 2015, p1009 - 1016
Fleming, N., Walters, J., Grounds, J., Fife, L., Finch, A., Acute response to barefoot running in habitually shod males., Human Movement Science , 42, 2015, p27 - 37
Fleming, N., Neal, M., Games, K., Eberman, L., Biomechanical effects of reduced gravitational load running, Proceedings of the 12th annual FSEM Scientific Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 2015
Neal, M., Fleming, N., Games, K., Eberman, L., Effect of reduced gravitational load running on lower limb kinematics. , Proceedings of the 66th Clinical Symposium of the National Athletic Trainers Association, St. Louis, Missouri, USA , 2015
Nesser, T., Fleming, N., Gage, M. , Activation of selected muscles during pressing. , International Journal of Kinesiology and Sport Science , 3, (4), 2015, p56 - 61
McCarthy C, Fleming F, Donne B and Blanksby B. , Barefoot running and hip kinematics. Good news for the knee?, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2014
McCallion C, Donne B, Fleming N, Blanksby B, Acute differences in foot strike and spatiotemporal variables for shod, barefoot or minimalist male runners., Journal of sports science & medicine, 13, (2), 2014, p280-6
O'Donovan, J., Fleming, N., Donne, B., Lower limb electromyographic activity during cycle ergometer, elliptical cross-trainer and treadmill exercise., Proceedings of the 19th conference of the European College of Sports Science, Amsterdam, Holland, 2014
McCarthy C, Fleming N, Donne B and Blanksby B. , 12 weeks of simulated barefoot running changes foot-strike patterns in female runners., International Journal of Sports Medicine, 34, 2014, p443 - 450
Ringwood, J., O'Neill, J., Tallon, P., Fleming, N., Donne, B, Non-invasive anaerobic threshold measurement using fuzzy model interpolation., Proceeedings of the IEE Control and Systems Conference, Antibes, France, 2014
Fleming, N., Donne, B., Mahoney, N. , A comparison of electromyography and stroke kinematics during ergometer and on-water rowing. , Journal of Sport Sciences , 32, (12), 2014, p1127 - 1138
Fleming, N., Walters, J., Fife, L., Grounds, J., Alterations in lower limb recruitment and kinematics during acute exposure to barefoot running, Proceedings of the 19th conference of the European College of Sports Science, Amsterdam, Holland, 2014
Fleming, N., Walters, J., Grounds, J., Finch, A, Acute effects of barefoot running on lower limb kinematics and spatiotemporal variables in habitually shod males., Proceedings of the XXXII International Symposium on Biomechanics in Sport, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA, 2014
Games, K., Eberman, L., Fleming, N. , The Effect of Positive Pressure Simulated Hypogravity on Spinal Excitability: A Pilot Study., Proceedings of the conference of the World Federation of Athletic Trainers, Dublin, Ireland , 2014
Donne, B., McCallion, C., Fleming, N., The acute effects of barefoot or minimalist running on 3-D kinematics and lower limb EMG activity, Proceedings of the 18th conference of the European College of Sports Science, Barcelona, Spain, 2013
O'Sullivan, E., Donne, B., Fleming, N. , Assessment of the reliability and reproducibility of the lactate minimum test: A protocol for the estimation of maximum lactate steady state. , Proceedings of the 10th annual FSEM Scientific Conference., Dublin, Ireland , 2013
Duggan, W., Fleming, N., Donne, B. , An electromyographic study on the effect of seat-tube-angle on lower limb muscle activity in elite cyclists, Proceedings of the 10th annual FSEM Scientific Conference., Dublin, Ireland , 2013
Fleming, N., Donne, B., Fletcher, D., Mahony, N., A biomechanical assessment of ergometer task specificity in elite flatwater kayakers. , Journal of Sports Science and Medicine , 11, 2012, p16 - 25
McCarthy, C., Donne, B., Fleming, N., A 12 week program of simulated running changes foot strike patterns in female athletes., Proceedings of the annual New Zealand Sports Medicine Conference, Aukland, New Zealand , 2012
Neil Fleming, Bernard Donne and David Fletcher, Effect of kayak ergometer elastic tension on upper limb EMG activity and 3D kinematics, Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 11, 2012, p430 - 437
Fleming, N., Donne, B., Fletcher, D., Mahony, N., A biomechanical assessment of ergometer task specificity in elite flatwater kayakers. , Journal of Sports Science and Medicine , 11, 2012, p16 - 25
Fleming, N., Donne, B., Fletcher, D. , Effect of kayak ergometer loading on upper limb recruitment and kinematics., Proceedings of the 17th annual conference of the European College of Sports Science, Bruges, Belgium, 2012
Fleming, N., Donne, B., Comparison of recruitment patterns during on-water and on-ergometer rowing., Proceedings of the 17th annual conference of the European College of Sports Science, Bruges, Belgium, 2012
Fleming, N., Donne, B, Training induced alterations in neuromuscular fatigue indices recorded during isometric knee extension., Proceedings of the 15th annual conference of the European College of Sports Science, Antalya, Turkey , 2010
Fleming, N., Donne, B., Mahony, N., Identification of the aerobic-anaerobic transition in male rowers using surface electromyography., Proceedings of the Physiological Society Conference., UCD, Dublin , 2009
Fleming, N., Donne, B., Mahony, N. , Electromyographic and kinesiological analysis of the kayak stroke: comparison of on-water and on-ergometer data across exercise intensity. , Proceedings of 12th Annual Congress of the ECSS , Jyväskylä, Finland, 11-14 July, edited by Kallio, J., Komi, P., Komulainen, J., Avela, J. , European Database of Sports Science, 2007
Research Expertise
Projects
- Title
- Development and end-user testing of wearable sensor InjurySense
- Summary
- Project aims to develop a novel wearable sensor and underlying software which will combine EMG and IMU data to monitor function during critical phases of human movement.
- Funding Agency
- Enterprise Ireland
- Date From
- December 2020
- Date To
- December 2022
- Title
- Creating the Bionic Man: Development of a Neuromotor Training Suit.
- Summary
- Project aims to develop a novel closed- and open-loop neural stimulator which combines sensory inputs from the patients' muscles and joints to modulate electrical stimulation to the spinal cord.
- Funding Agency
- Enterprise Ireland
- Date From
- October 2019
- Date To
- October 2023
Recognition
Representations
Associate Editor of IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
Journal Reviewer - Sports Biomechanics
Consultant Exercise Physiologist to Cincinnatti Bengals. Providing coach education on the use of IMU and GPS tracking of player loading in competition and training.
Journal Reviewer - International Journal of Exercise Sciences
Grant reviewer - Icelandic Research Federation
Memberships
Irish Institute of Sport accredited Exercise Physiologist
Associate member of European College of Sports Science
Associate member of the American College of Sports Medicine
Irish Sports and Exercise Science Association