Biography

Dr Clodagh Toomey is a Physiotherapist and Research Fellow at the School of Allied Health, University of Limerick.

Clodagh completed her PhD at the University of Limerick in 2014 and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2017 at the Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, University of Calgary, where she also holds an adjunct position.

Her clinical and research experience has focused on prevention and management of musculoskeletal disease across the lifespan. Most recently, she was a recipient of a Health Research Board (HRB) Emerging Investigator Award which is investigating how to optimise implementation of clinical guidelines for osteoarthritis in practice. This will take a participatory health research approach to forming implementation strategies that will ensure exercise and education are first line treatment options for patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis in the Irish healthcare system.

Clodagh is the research lead on the Good Living with osteoArthritis Denmark (GLA:D®) initiative in Ireland. At the University of Limerick, she is a member of the Health Research Institute (Ageing Research Centre, Health Implementation Science and Technology Cluster and Physical Activity for Health Cluster) and the Participatory Health Research / Public and Patient Involvement Research Unit.

Research Interests

As a clinician-scientist and physiotherapy researcher, I have specialised in the identification of modifiable risk factors that influence musculoskeletal injury and lifestyle-related disease. I am particularly interested in:
  • understanding how negative health outcomes (e.g. reduced physical activity, increased adiposity and sedentary lifestyles) are associated with injury and/or disease states including obesity, and osteoarthritis.
  • using implementation science to improve equitable access to evidence-based treatments (exercise and education) for people with chronic joint pain, in particular hip and knee osteoarthritis.
  • using participatory health research methods to involve key stakeholders in every step of the research process to improve outcomes and achieve impact.

Professional Activities

Award

  • 2022 - Knowledge Translation Award
  • 2021 - Emerging and Early Career Researchers Seed Funding
  • 2019 - Emerging Investigator Award
  • 2016 - Alberta Innovates Clinician Scientist Fellowship
  • 2014 - Eyes High Postdoctoral Funding
  • 2013 - Department Travel Bursary
  • 2010 - Enterprise Ireland (Food for Health Ireland) PhD Scholarship
  • 2010 - Summer Research Bursary
  • 2010 - ISCP Best Conference Poster Presentation

Committee

  • 2022 EHS Faculty Research Committee,
  • 2022 Athena Swan UL EDI Supporting Researchers Working Group,
  • 2020 IMPACT project Steering Committee,
  • 2019 Osteoarthritis Prevention Related to Sport, Exercise, and Physical Activity OARSI Discussion Group ,
  • 2016 International Alliance for Optimizing Health after Knee Injury (OPTIKNEE),
  • 2014 Prevention Sub-Committee for the Knee Transformation Working Group, Alberta Bone & Joint Strategic Clinical Network,

Association

  • Physiotherapy Registration Board, CORU Physiotherapy
  • Advocacy society for Irish physiotherapists, Irish Society for Chartered Physiotherapists
  • Implementation science research and activism, Global Implementation Society
  • Health researcher institute, Health Research Institute, UL
  • Registration for physiotherapists in Alberta, Canada, Physiotherapy Alberta School and College
  • International research in osteoarthritis , Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI)
  • Research in paediatric rehabilitation in Alberta, Canada, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
  • Institute for research in bone and joint health at University of Calgary, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

2023

Knee- and Overall Health-Related Quality of Life Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Australian and Canadian Cohorts

Patterson B.E.;Emery C.;Crossley K.M.;Culvenor A.G.;Galarneau J.M.;Jaremko J.L.;Toomey C.M.;Guermazi A.;Whittaker J.L. (2023) Knee- and Overall Health-Related Quality of Life Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Australian and Canadian Cohorts. The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy :1-12

2023

Amsterdam 2022 process: A summary of the methodology for the Amsterdam International Consensus on Concussion in Sport

Schneider K.J.;Patricios J.S.;Meeuwisse W.;Schneider G.M.;Hayden K.A.;Premji Z.;Ahmed O.H.;Blauwet C.;Broglio S.;Cantu R.C.;Davis G.A.;Dvorak J.;Echemendia R.J.;Emery C.A.;Iverson G.L.;Leddy J.J.;Makdissi M.;McCrea M.;McNamee M.;Putukian M.;Yeates K.O.;Black A.M.;Burma J.S.;Critchley M.;Eliason P.H.;Räisänen A.M.;Tabor J.B.;Toomey C.;Ronksley P.E.;Cassidy J.D. (2023) Amsterdam 2022 process: A summary of the methodology for the Amsterdam International Consensus on Concussion in Sport. British journal of sports medicine :712-721

2022

Secondary consequences of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in children and adolescents with knee involvement: physical activity, adiposity, fitness, and functional performance

Nesbitt, C;Kuntze, G;Toomey, C;Esau, S;Brooks, J;Mosher, D;Twilt, M;Nettel-Aguirre, A;Palacios-Derflingher, LM;Ronsky, J;Benseler, S;Emery, CA (2022) Secondary consequences of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in children and adolescents with knee involvement: physical activity, adiposity, fitness, and functional performance. HEIDELBERG : SPRINGER HEIDELBERG Rheumatology international :319-327

2022

OPTIKNEE 2022: consensus recommendations to optimise knee health after traumatic knee injury to prevent osteoarthritis

Whittaker J.L.;Culvenor A.G.;Juhl C.B.;Berg B.;Bricca A.;Filbay S.R.;Holm P.;Macri E.;Urhausen A.P.;Ardern C.L.;Bruder A.M.;Bullock G.S.;Ezzat A.M.;Girdwood M.;Haberfield M.;Hughes M.;Ingelsrud L.H.;Khan K.M.;Le C.Y.;Losciale J.M.;Lundberg M.;Miciak M.;Øiestad B.E.;Patterson B.;Räisänen A.M.;Skou S.T.;Thorlund J.B.;Toomey C.;Truong L.K.;Meer B.L.v.;West T.J.;Young J.J.;Lohmander L.S.;Emery C.;Risberg M.A.;van Middelkoop M.;Roos E.M.;Crossley K.M. (2022) OPTIKNEE 2022: consensus recommendations to optimise knee health after traumatic knee injury to prevent osteoarthritis. British journal of sports medicine :1393-1405

2022

Long-term quality of life, work limitation, physical activity, economic cost and disease burden following ACL and meniscal injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the OPTIKNEE consensus.

Filbay SR;Skou ST;Bullock GS;Le CY;Räisänen AM;Toomey C;Ezzat AM;Hayden A;Culvenor AG;Whittaker JL;Roos EM;Crossley KM;Juhl CB;Emery C; (2022) Long-term quality of life, work limitation, physical activity, economic cost and disease burden following ACL and meniscal injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the OPTIKNEE consensus.. British journal of sports medicine

2020

Implementing a junior high school-based programme to reduce sports injuries through neuromuscular training (iSPRINT): a cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT).

Emery CA;van den Berg C;Richmond SA;Palacios-Derflingher L;McKay CD;Doyle-Baker PK;McKinlay M;Toomey CM;Nettel-Aguirre A;Verhagen E;Belton K;Macpherson A;Hagel BE; (2020) Implementing a junior high school-based programme to reduce sports injuries through neuromuscular training (iSPRINT): a cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT).. British journal of sports medicine

2019

Establishing outcome measures in early knee osteoarthritis.

Emery CA;Whittaker JL;Mahmoudian A;Lohmander LS;Roos EM;Bennell KL;Toomey CM;Reimer RA;Thompson D;Ronsky JL;Kuntze G;Lloyd DG;Andriacchi T;Englund M;Kraus VB;Losina E;Bierma-Zeinstra S;Runhaar J;Peat G;Luyten FP;Snyder-Mackler L;Risberg MA;Mobasheri A;Guermazi A;Hunter DJ;Arden NK; (2019) Establishing outcome measures in early knee osteoarthritis.. Nature Reviews Rheumatology

2017

Higher Fat Mass Is Associated With a History of Knee Injury in Youth Sport

Toomey, Clodagh M. and Whittaker, Jackie L. and Nettel-Aguirre, Alberto and Reimer, Raylene A. and Woodhouse, Linda J. and Ghali, Brianna and Doyle-Baker, Patricia K. and Emery, Carolyn A. (2017) Higher Fat Mass Is Associated With a History of Knee Injury in Youth Sport. The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy :80-87

2017

Twelve weeks' progressive resistance training combined with protein supplementation beyond habitual intakes increases upper leg lean tissue mass, muscle strength and extended gait speed in healthy older women

Francis, P,Mc Cormack, W,Toomey, C,Norton, C,Saunders, J,Kerin, E,Lyons, M,Jakeman, P (2017) Twelve weeks' progressive resistance training combined with protein supplementation beyond habitual intakes increases upper leg lean tissue mass, muscle strength and extended gait speed in healthy older women. Biogerontology :881-891

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2017

Canadian Obesity Summit

Toomey CM, Whittaker JL, Nettel-Aguirre A, Reimer RA, Emery CA (2017) Canadian Obesity Summit.

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