Commentary
International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics Community (i-FAB): past, present and beyond
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* Corresponding author: Christopher J Nester C.J.Nester@salford.ac.uk
1 Centre for Rehabilitation and Human Performance Research, School of Health Care Professions, University of Salford, UK
2 Movement Analysis Laboratory, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
3 Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, USA
4 Motion Analysis Laboratory, Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital Muenster, Germany
5 Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney/Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2009, 2:19 doi:10.1186/1757-1146-2-19
Published: 16 June 2009Abstract
The International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics Community (i-FAB) is an international collaborative activity which will have an important impact on the foot and ankle biomechanics community. It was launched on July 2nd 2007 at the foot and ankle session of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) meeting in Taipei, Taiwan. i-FAB is driven by the desire to improve our understanding of foot and ankle biomechanics as it applies to health, disease, and the design, development and evaluation of foot and ankle surgery, and interventions such as footwear, insoles and surfaces.