New foot&shoe published - free download
The new foot&shoe has been published with all the important information on the IVO Congress on October 24./25. 2024 in Fribourg, Switzerland, and articles on diabetes, custom-made orthopaedic shoes and design concepts for assistive devices. The issue can be downloaded free of charge.
Introduction
After 1985 in Davos and 2006 in Basel, the IVO Congress will be held in Switzerland for the third time on October 24 and 25, 2024. Once again, the international community of pedorthists will have the opportunity to learn new things and exchange ideas with their colleagues. The organizers of the congress, the Swiss Association for Prosthetics and Orthotics (APO) and the Swiss Foot&Shoe Association, have put together a wide-ranging and interesting programme under the headings of “Interdisciplinarity & Innovation”. It offers a good overview of the current state of pedorthics worldwide and also provides insights into the work of related disciplines such as P&O and physiotherapy. (page 6)
One of the speakers at the congress will be Dr. Sayed Ahmed, whose work we present in this issue. For his doctoral thesis at Southern Cross University in Australia, he has worked intensively on the management of diabetic foot syndrome. He not only investigated medical aspects of the therapy, but also took into account the patient‘s perspective and how patients with diabetic foot syndrome have been provided with shoes in Australia to date. In an interview with our magazine, Dr. Sayed Ahmed explains how his interest in the diabetic foot developed and why he chose a study design for his dissertation that has not been used much in the scientific evaluation of assistive devices to date. (page 12)
Fred Holtkamp‘s contribution is related to Sayed Ahmed‘s work. He presents a design, manufacturing and evaluation algorithm for assistive orthopedic devices. This algorithm is intended to help make knowledge about the design of assistive devices more transparent so that everyone can understand how and why an assistive device was designed and manufactured. (page 20)
In contrast to other healthcare trades, there are still no training structures for pedorthists in many countries and therefore no craftspeople who could offer foot care services. The example of Johannes Ott, who made bespoke shoes for a boy during a visit to Vietnam using the materials available there, shows that they are nevertheless urgently needed (page 18).
Content
- IVO-Congress 2024 Switzerland
- From the shoe industry to individual foot therapy
- Steps of Hope: How We Have Changed Xuan’s Life with Custom Shoes
- A Design approach for Orthopaedic Devices – from form to function
- Upcoming Events
- News from the industry
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