Intriguing research suggests barefoot running on grass may help Plantar Heel Pain. While the results are promising there are several key limitations to this study so further research is needed before we recommend this to patients.

Only 46 days to go... #festivalofideas #evolve #humanpotential eventbrite.com/e/evolve-resea…

🎉The group are pleased to announce that Dr. Brona Kehoe will be giving our opening address on May 8th. With still 6-weeks to go there are already close to 100 tickets gone (max: 204). Get your FREE spot below #EVOLVE #Festivalofideas #Humanpotential eventbrite.com/e/evolve-resea…

EVOLVE Research Group is hosting its 12th research meeting this May, the theme of which is 'A Festival of Ideas.' 📅Thursday, 8 May 🎫Free event, booking required The EVOLVE Research Group | SETUCarlowScienceandhealth | SETU_Research, Innovation and Impact | VIVOBAREFOOT | @UPMCIreland setu.ie/events/evolve-…

🚨The Head of Medical for the British & Irish Lions Tour 🏉 to Australia this summer will be speaking at SETU Carlow Campus on Thursday May 8th Remaining tickets (FREE) can be found below #Evolve #Humanpotential #Festivalofideas #Rugby eventbrite.com/e/evolve-resea… SETU President

Intriguing research suggests barefoot running on grass may help Plantar Heel Pain. While the results are promising there are several key limitations to this study so further research is needed before we recommend this to patients.

The BAD NEWS is: this event is SOLD OUT ! The GOOD NEWS is: we are squeezing in a few more seats and you can get them here eventbrite.com/e/evolve-resea…

We are still catching our breath after our 12th & best meeting yet. Thank you to all of our speakers for adding to such a feel good factor on the day. Special congratulations to our Researcher of the Year Jia Wei. Next week the team are off to America to present at ACSM #EVOLVE

America 🇺🇸 get ready... The #EVOLVE Squad is on it's way.. #ACSM25 The EVOLVE Research Group American College of Sports Medicine

Congratulations to one of our chief organisers Aoife Langford on her presentation at the American College of Sports Medicine. You can read the study outcomes here #EVOLVE

A big day for the team at ACSM today with no less than 4 presentations. But it's ok, the locals are right behind us #EVOLVE #ACSM25

Jia Wei's project on footstrike patterns with and without shoes on different surfaces attracted a lot of attention this morning. Still 3 The EVOLVE Research Group researchers to go this afternoon. Let's hope they are all as busy #EVOLVE

The impact of footwear on the biomechanics of autistic and neurotypical children presented by Aneta Kuczynska at #ACSM25 #EVOLVE

Congratulations to Kristian on sharing his research into the impact of footwear on walking mechanics in hikers at ACSM 2025 #EVOLVE

From the pubs of Ireland to the ACSM meeting in Atlanta, the USF Human Dynamics Lab and the SETU Evolve Lab have forged an Alliance!

In many ways this trip was the end of the beginning. 6 years, 12 annual meetings, the funding of 8 PhD candidates, all building towards a peak team performance at the biggest conference of its kind in the world. Full story on LinkedIn #EVOLVE

There were rejections, brutal reviews and major revisions, but Liam Hughes kept taking the punches and kept getting up off the canvas each time... Eventually, he has been rewarded with his 1stever scientific publication & the 1st for the EVOLVE research group in 2025...#EVOLVE

Best of luck to Ashley Jones, PhD & the rest of the Musculoskeletal Health Research Group The School of Health, Leeds Beckett University who are celebrating an amazing 10-years today!The MSK team are our most significant collaborator providing multiple PhD supervisors, joint publications & keynote speakers

Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough... (sorry I've just been to see Oasis in Manchester)