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Events:
i-FAB congress 2008:
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programme
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HERE for details of i-FAB
congress hotels
Recent literature:
Paper: Biomechanics of the foot in rheumatoid
arthritis: Identifying abnormal function and the factors
associated with localised disease 'impact'
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Paper: The effects of external
ankle support on dynamic restraint characteristics of
the ankle in volleyball players.
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Paper: The effect of a subject-specific
amount of lateral wedge on knee mechanics in patients
with medial knee osteoarthritis.
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Paper: Association of subjective
ratings of slipperiness to heel displacement following
contact with the floor.
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Paper: The influence of boot stiffness
on gait kinematics and kinetics during stance phase.
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Paper: The role of the stretch
reflex in the gastrocnemius muscle during human locomotion
at various speeds.
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2008 Conference
- 140 abstracts submitted!
Welcome to i-FAB!
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 meeting in Taipei, Taiwan
(click here
for slides).
i-FAB welcomes members from every community
related to foot and ankle biomechanics, from academics, physicians,
podiatrists, surgeons, and health professionals, to members of the
footwear, insole, surgery and related industries. ifab has an open
philosophy and connecting people across traditional disciplinary
boundaries is one of its key objectives. Membership is presently
FREE.
See the list of existing members here.
A Steering Group has been formed to guide the initial development
of the i-FAB community and its activities. The Steering Group seeks
to construct a framework for developing i-FAB to meet the needs
of the foot and ankle biomechanics community and welcomes input
and direction from members.
Three i-FAB activities are presently underway: web site, conference,
and e-communications. The web site and e-communications are the
start of a global "collaborative
workspace" in which all members of the foot and
ankle biomechanics community can engage. This collaborative workspace
will harness the most recent IT developments for supporting the
organisation and co-ordination of activities across traditional
disciplinary boundaries and between groups who are geographically
distributed (see collaborative
software).
See version 1 of the i-FAB workspace here.
Collectively, these activities have the following objectives:
• Providing information on the global activities related
to foot and ankle biomechanics
• Connecting people working in the foot and ankle biomechanics
domain regardless of location and discipline
• Facilitating debate on key issues for the community
• Creating coordinated community wide activities
• Developing a profile for an international critical mass
of research activity related to foot and ankle biomechanics
We hope you will join i-FAB and contribute to the development of
this exciting opportunity for your community.
See first i-FAB newsletter here
i-FAB Steering Group:
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News:
i-FAB launched at ISB in Taipei, Taiwan (click
here for slides).
1st i-FAB congress sees more than 160 delegates
in Bologna!!
Click here:
Links:
ISB Footwear Biomechanics Group Hompage
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