Ulster Sports Academy

Dr Rodney Kennedy

Lecturer in Sport & Exercise
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Teaching Areas

  • Applied Fitness Techniques (SLS342J2)
  • Physiology of Sport & Exercise (SLS340J1)
  • Sports Coaching (SLS343J1)

Research Interests    

  • Whole body vibration training
  • The stretch-shortening cycle
  • Musculotendinous stiffness

Publications

  • Boreham, C. A. G., Kennedy, R. A., Murphy, M. H., Tully, M., Wallace, W. F. M., & Young, I. (2005). Training effects of short bouts of stair climbing on cardiorespiratory fitness, blood lipids, and homocysteine in sedentary young women. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 39(9), 590-593.
  • Kennedy, R. A., Boreham, C. A. G., Murphy, M. H., Wallace, W. F. M., & Tully, M. (2003). Training effects of short bouts of stair climbing in sedentary young women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 35(5), S129.
  • Kennedy, R. A., Boreham, C. A. G., Murphy, M. H., Young, I., & Mutrie, N. (2007). Evaluating the effects of a low volume stairclimbing programme on measures of health-related fitness in sedentary office workers. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 6, 448-454.

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