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11th STAFFORDSHIRE CONFERENCE ON CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS
Stoke on Trent, UK
Friday and Saturday 26 - 27 April, 2013

“Understanding Diabetic Foot”

Building on the success of previous meetings, Staffordshire University is pleased to announce the 11th consecutive conference on clinical biomechanics at the University Campus, Stoke on Trent. This conference provides a forum for information dissemination on lower limb clinical biomechanics and will facilitate discussion on research and case studies in this field via plenary sessions.

This year’s conference will focus on Diabetic Foot and Footwear. The keynote speakers will outline the latest developments in the area of pathomechanics and pathology of the diabetic foot and highlight the role of technology in understanding biomechanical principles with a focus on diagnosis and management of patients. There will be opportunities for debate and analysis of issues surrounding these topics.


Keynote and invited speakers include:

Dr William R. Ledoux, VA Puget Sound, US Department of Veterans Affairs and University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Professor Andrew Boulton, University of Manchester and University of Miami, UK and USA
Professor Mike Edmonds, Kings College, London, UK
Dr Arun Bal, Raheja Hospital, Mumbai and Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India.


Call for papers:

Short abstracts are to be submitted by e-mail by 15 February 2013 to sccb@staffs.ac.uk

The text should be limited to two pages of A4, with the first page to include the Title of Presentation, Author(s), Corresponding Author's Name, Address, Telephone number and e-mail address. Second page should include a full abstract with introduction, methodology, results and discussion.

Acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to the corresponding authors
by: 28th February, 2013

For further information please contact the conference organisers:

Conference Secretariat, SCCB 2013
Faculty of Health Sciences
Brindley Building
Staffordshire University
Leek Road, Stoke on Trent ST4 2DF

Registration - now open: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/sccb

 

Abstract Deadline extended to 28 Febraury 2013.