Damien Byrne

Mr. Damien Byrne is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Health and Sport Sciences at South East Technological University. He holds an ORCID identifier (0000-0002-8466-4298) and is affiliated with the healthCORE organizational unit. Byrne is actively involved in research with an h-index of 61 and 2 publications between 2017 and 2019. He is currently supervising PhD students starting from September 2021.

His research focuses on biomechanics and athletic performance, including topics such as myofascial trigger point release effects, interday reliability of reactive strength indices, and analysis of variance in sports contexts. His work intersects sports medicine, injury prevention, and rehabilitation techniques.

Byrne's publications have garnered 20 and 41 citations respectively, emphasizing methodological rigor in sports science. His research collaborations include studies on athletes' muscle function, optimal drop height analysis, and coefficient of variation in training metrics.