This article is part of the supplement: 1st Congress of the International Foot & Ankle Biomechanics (i-FAB) community
Biomechanical factors in diabetic foot disease
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* Corresponding author: PR Cavanagh cavanagh@u.washington.edu
1 Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
3 Department of Anaesthesiology Research, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
4 Department of Orthopaedics, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2008, 1(Suppl 1):K4 doi:10.1186/1757-1146-1-S1-K4
Published: 26 September 2008First paragraph (this article has no abstract)
This presentation will review the evidence that has led to the current understanding of diabetic foot complications, discuss some of the authors' current work, and identify unsolved problems for future research and clinical application.