Prof. Joe McVeigh
@joe-mcveigh.bsky.social
Head of School of Clinical Therapies @UCC. Research: MSK, Pain, FMS, VR4Rehab. Section Editor ARRCT @archivesoa. Visiting Professor Ulster University. Occasional cyclist. Belfast & Cork. Opinions own
World conference on virtual rehabilitation, Cork, June 2026, #VR #XR @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
World conference on virtual rehabilitation, Cork, June 2026, #VR #XR @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social
Another excellent paper from Ciara Hanrahan @UCC #Copd #physicalactivity Perceptions and use of behaviour change interventions for physical activity in chronic respiratory disease in The Republic of Ireland. - Physiotherapy www.physiotherapyjournal.com/article/S003...
Perceptions and use of behaviour change interventions for physical activity in chronic respiratory disease in The Republic of Ireland.
Behaviour change interventions may support physical activity behaviour in people with
chronic respiratory disease. The most effective interventions for long-term physical
activity behaviour change in ...
www.physiotherapyjournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Another excellent paper from Ciara Hanrahan @UCC #Copd #physicalactivity Perceptions and use of behaviour change interventions for physical activity in chronic respiratory disease in The Republic of Ireland. - Physiotherapy www.physiotherapyjournal.com/article/S003...
October 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
@xr4rehab.bsky.social
Nice paper providing further evidence for VR4REHAB
Nice paper providing further evidence for VR4REHAB
💪 🧠 🎮 Adding #VirtualReality to conventional #UpperExtremity therapy is more effective for improving motor function and dexterity after #Stroke than conventional therapy alone:
Read the full systematic review and meta-analysis of 27 RCTs here:
academic.oup.com/ptj/advance-...
Read the full systematic review and meta-analysis of 27 RCTs here:
academic.oup.com/ptj/advance-...
Use of Virtual Reality in Upper Extremity Rehabilitation of Adults After Stroke and Its Effect on Functionality: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
AbstractImportance. Virtual reality (VR) is increasingly used in patients after stroke upper limb rehabilitation, but the comparative effectiveness of VR-O
academic.oup.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
@xr4rehab.bsky.social
Nice paper providing further evidence for VR4REHAB
Nice paper providing further evidence for VR4REHAB
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Delighted to welcome all our new physiotherapy students to @UCC. Particular welcome to our international students! We are definitely outgrowing ourselves!
September 6, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Delighted to welcome all our new physiotherapy students to @UCC. Particular welcome to our international students! We are definitely outgrowing ourselves!
This was an excellent review. The energy and rigour of the 'developing and emerging' researchers was awesome!! A scoping review of frameworks evaluating digital health applications - Orla Deegan, et al [there was a gang of us!] #INTERREG_NWE
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This was an excellent review. The energy and rigour of the 'developing and emerging' researchers was awesome!! A scoping review of frameworks evaluating digital health applications - Orla Deegan, et al [there was a gang of us!] #INTERREG_NWE
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
June 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Just cycled 250km along Danube, Budapest to Bratislava route. I am officially shattered 😲
June 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Just cycled 250km along Danube, Budapest to Bratislava route. I am officially shattered 😲
Time to dig out that protocol about leeches and their efficacy in cardiac disease!!
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it" by Colette Delawalla (@cdelawalla.bsky.social), Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla
The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way to state-controlled science
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Time to dig out that protocol about leeches and their efficacy in cardiac disease!!
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📢 DEADLINE APPROACHING to apply for the Catch a Rising Star programme! 🌟 Open to XR4REHAB members (18+) working in XR for rehab - clinicians, researchers, devs & more. Join 10 months of mentoring & growth!
Apply by May 15 🕑
📩 vr4rehab.org/catch-a-risi...
#XR4REHAB #XR #Rehabilitation #Mentorship
Apply by May 15 🕑
📩 vr4rehab.org/catch-a-risi...
#XR4REHAB #XR #Rehabilitation #Mentorship
May 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
📢 DEADLINE APPROACHING to apply for the Catch a Rising Star programme! 🌟 Open to XR4REHAB members (18+) working in XR for rehab - clinicians, researchers, devs & more. Join 10 months of mentoring & growth!
Apply by May 15 🕑
📩 vr4rehab.org/catch-a-risi...
#XR4REHAB #XR #Rehabilitation #Mentorship
Apply by May 15 🕑
📩 vr4rehab.org/catch-a-risi...
#XR4REHAB #XR #Rehabilitation #Mentorship
Bit later to #HSCPday2025,
See some of the great work at the School of Clinical Therapies @ucc.ie
@uccresearch.bsky.social
issuu.com/discoverucc/...
See some of the great work at the School of Clinical Therapies @ucc.ie
@uccresearch.bsky.social
issuu.com/discoverucc/...
April 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Bit later to #HSCPday2025,
See some of the great work at the School of Clinical Therapies @ucc.ie
@uccresearch.bsky.social
issuu.com/discoverucc/...
See some of the great work at the School of Clinical Therapies @ucc.ie
@uccresearch.bsky.social
issuu.com/discoverucc/...
Great day
@ University Hospital Waterford. Introducing Physiotherapy Staff to #VR and building capacity with @xr4rehab.bsky.social #Scaleup4rehab #InterregNWE
@ University Hospital Waterford. Introducing Physiotherapy Staff to #VR and building capacity with @xr4rehab.bsky.social #Scaleup4rehab #InterregNWE
April 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Great day
@ University Hospital Waterford. Introducing Physiotherapy Staff to #VR and building capacity with @xr4rehab.bsky.social #Scaleup4rehab #InterregNWE
@ University Hospital Waterford. Introducing Physiotherapy Staff to #VR and building capacity with @xr4rehab.bsky.social #Scaleup4rehab #InterregNWE
Fantastic 2-day meeting with the #scaleup4rehab project #InterregNWE
Exciting innovations in #digitalrehab #VR @xr4rehab.bsky.social
Exciting innovations in #digitalrehab #VR @xr4rehab.bsky.social
March 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Fantastic 2-day meeting with the #scaleup4rehab project #InterregNWE
Exciting innovations in #digitalrehab #VR @xr4rehab.bsky.social
Exciting innovations in #digitalrehab #VR @xr4rehab.bsky.social
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🚨 Less than 100 days to go!
99 days till the conference and 7 more days to take advantage of the early bird registration fee! 🎟️
ℹ️ View the incredible line-up of speakers, information about hospital visits, registration and other practical information here: vr4rehab.org/congress/
99 days till the conference and 7 more days to take advantage of the early bird registration fee! 🎟️
ℹ️ View the incredible line-up of speakers, information about hospital visits, registration and other practical information here: vr4rehab.org/congress/
March 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
🚨 Less than 100 days to go!
99 days till the conference and 7 more days to take advantage of the early bird registration fee! 🎟️
ℹ️ View the incredible line-up of speakers, information about hospital visits, registration and other practical information here: vr4rehab.org/congress/
99 days till the conference and 7 more days to take advantage of the early bird registration fee! 🎟️
ℹ️ View the incredible line-up of speakers, information about hospital visits, registration and other practical information here: vr4rehab.org/congress/
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📢 It is with great enthusiasm we present our opening keynote speaker for the XR4REHAB Congress!
Skip Rizzo is an expert in the use of virtual reality technology in mental health applications and cognition and memory loss in older adults.
He will take us on a look into the future of clinical VR.
Skip Rizzo is an expert in the use of virtual reality technology in mental health applications and cognition and memory loss in older adults.
He will take us on a look into the future of clinical VR.
January 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
📢 It is with great enthusiasm we present our opening keynote speaker for the XR4REHAB Congress!
Skip Rizzo is an expert in the use of virtual reality technology in mental health applications and cognition and memory loss in older adults.
He will take us on a look into the future of clinical VR.
Skip Rizzo is an expert in the use of virtual reality technology in mental health applications and cognition and memory loss in older adults.
He will take us on a look into the future of clinical VR.
Congrats to Dr Marie Kelly on her fantastic PhD defence yesterday @uccresearch.bsky.social Thank you Examiners Prof Cindy Veenhof & Dr Sheena McHugh & Chair Dr Patrick Cotter. Co-supervisors Dr Brona Fullen UCD, Prof Denis Martin Teesside Uni, Prof. Colin Bradley @ucc.ie
March 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Congrats to Dr Marie Kelly on her fantastic PhD defence yesterday @uccresearch.bsky.social Thank you Examiners Prof Cindy Veenhof & Dr Sheena McHugh & Chair Dr Patrick Cotter. Co-supervisors Dr Brona Fullen UCD, Prof Denis Martin Teesside Uni, Prof. Colin Bradley @ucc.ie
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Some helpful Pubmed alternatives & workarounds - just in case the idiocracy causes problems. Many thanks to Hilda Bastian a former leader at NLM.
Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally:
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
What if We Can't Rely on PubMed? - Absolutely Maybe
PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
March 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Some helpful Pubmed alternatives & workarounds - just in case the idiocracy causes problems. Many thanks to Hilda Bastian a former leader at NLM.
Dr Bridget Kiely sharing her experience of Deep End Ireland #SocialPrescribing @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie
February 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Dr Bridget Kiely sharing her experience of Deep End Ireland #SocialPrescribing @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie
Excellent presentation from Declan OSullivan based on his qualitative study with stakeholders and #socialprescribing
@ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social
@ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Excellent presentation from Declan OSullivan based on his qualitative study with stakeholders and #socialprescribing
@ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social
@ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social
Dr Sheena McHugh addresses the major challenges around implementation of change. @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie #socialprescribing
February 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Dr Sheena McHugh addresses the major challenges around implementation of change. @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie #socialprescribing
Delighted to kick off our Symposium on Social Prescribing with Prof Ravindran @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Delighted to kick off our Symposium on Social Prescribing with Prof Ravindran @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social
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What is important when you choose a journal to publish in, we asked this morning in a @ucclibrary.bsky.social workshop. Turns out graduate students really value the guidance of their supervisors.
February 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What is important when you choose a journal to publish in, we asked this morning in a @ucclibrary.bsky.social workshop. Turns out graduate students really value the guidance of their supervisors.
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Children in UK suffering ‘irreversible harm’ due to physiotherapy delays - The Guardian highlights the stark reality for children and their families who are facing unacceptable long waiting lists for treatment.
#RightToRehab
#RightToRehab
Children in UK suffering ‘irreversible harm’ due to physiotherapy delays
Teenagers face lifelong trauma from untreated chronic pain while children as young as four waiting 18 months, say physiotherapists
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Children in UK suffering ‘irreversible harm’ due to physiotherapy delays - The Guardian highlights the stark reality for children and their families who are facing unacceptable long waiting lists for treatment.
#RightToRehab
#RightToRehab