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Dr. Fearghal Behan

Assistant Professor (Physiotherapy)
      
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Dr. Fearghal Behan

Assistant Professor (Physiotherapy)

 FEARGHAL.BEHAN@tcd.ie

 


Dr Fearghal Behan is an Assistant Professor in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy in Trinity College Dublin. Fearghal's research focuses on musculoskeletal health, sports/exercise related injury, and neuromuscular function. His research aims to improve injury prevention and rehabilitation. He is interested in precision exercise science based interventions and utilises neuromuscular function, biomechanical, and imaging methods (MRI, 2 dimensional ultrasound) to conduct his research. Fearghal commenced his career as a Physiotherapist following his undergraduate and master's degrees. He worked in a variety of clinical settings before specialising as a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist. He practiced both in acute hospitals and in elite sports medicine settings. After many years of clinical practice, Fearghal completed a PhD in 'Neuromechanics of Explosive Performance for Movement Control and Joint Stabilisation' in Loughborough University. Thereafter, he worked as a Research Scientist in Aspetar Sports Medicine Hospital in Doha, Qatar, as an Assistant Professor in Dublin City University, and as a Research Fellow in Imperial College London, where he obtained a Marie Curie Fellowship. He continues to collaborate with imperial College London as a Visiting Research Fellow.
  Biomechanics of human movement   Exercise Medicine   Exercise physiology   Physiotherapy   Rehabilitation/Therapy, Physical   Sports and Exercise Medicine   SPORTS INJURIES
Watson FC, O'Sullivan O, Bennett AN, Schofield S, Toderita D, Behan FP, Boos CJ, Fear NT, Cullinan P, Kemp H, Bull AM., Knee osteoarthritis in the intact- and amputation-side knees of UK military personnel and veterans with traumatic unilateral transtibial limb loss 8- and 11-years post-injury: the ADVANCE cohort., Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 2026, pS0003-9993(26)00577-0 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Watson F.C.E., Bennett A.N., McGregor A., Behan F., Fear N.T., Boos C.J., Cullinan P., Schofield S., Bull A.M.J., Biopsychosocial factors and low back pain in military personnel with lower limb loss: the ADVANCE study, BMJ Military Health, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Behan F.P., Bennett A.N., Watson F., Schofield S., Miller E.F., O'Sullivan O., Boos C.J., Fear N.T., Cullinan P., Conaghan P.G., Bull A.M.J., Edwards M.-B., Blackman H., Chesnokov M., Coady E., Evans S., Fraser G., Kaya-Barge M., Maskuniitty M., Pernet D., Prentice H., Pucilowska U., Sprinckmoller S., Varsani L., Verey A., Waldron M., Weston D., White T., Wilson S., Young L., Dyball D., Gibb I., Gray D., Sellon E., Osteoarthritis after major combat trauma: the Armed Services Trauma Rehabilitation Outcome Study, Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 9, (2), 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
DeVecchis M, Reed C, Ladlow P, Behan FP, McKay G, Bell V, O'Sullivan O., Kinetic and Kinematic Assessment of Functional Tasks 1 Year after a Knee Injury-A Systematic Review., International journal of sports medicine, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Fiona Kennedy, Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Deirdre Murray, Fearghal Behan, Julie Broderick, An exploration of frailty in a non-geriatric socially excluded population using two geriatric frailty tools, Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Behan F.P., Oswald T., O'Sullivan O., Osteoarthritis Exercise Interventions for a Younger Adult Population-A Narrative Review, International Journal of Sports Medicine, 2025, Review, PUBLISHED  DOI
Behan F.P., Van Dyk N., Rane L., Thorne E., Banaghan A., Gilsenan K., Whyte E.F., Implementing hamstring injury prevention programmes remotely: a randomised proof of concept trial, BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 10, (1), 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Whyte E., O'Connor S., Jones H.T., McBride C., O'Flynn A., Quinn O., Behan F., The relationship between hamstring strength tests and sprint performance in female Gaelic footballers: A correlation and linear regression analysis, PLoS ONE, 19, (6 June), 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
O'Sullivan O., Behan F.P., Coppack R.J., Stocks J., Kluzek S., Valdes A.M., Bennett A.N., Osteoarthritis in the UK Armed Forces: a review of its impact, treatment and future research, BMJ Military Health, 170, (4), 2024, p359 - 364, p359-364 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Behan F.P., Bull A.M.J., Beck B.R., Brooke-Wavell K., Muller R., Vico L., Isaksson H., Harvey N.C., Buis A., Sherman K., Jefferson G., Cleather D.J., McGregor A., Bennett A.N., Developing an exercise intervention to minimise hip bone mineral density loss following traumatic lower limb amputation: a Delphi study, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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