From Evidence to Action: Applying Scientific Knowledge in Footwear Provision
In this interactive session, Dr Sicco Bus will explore how clinical scientific knowledge can be effectively implemented in both clinical and footwear practice. Delegates will be asked about their own knowledge and use of scientific evidence, with the results discussed in the session. Recent findings will be shared to highlight opportunities, barriers, and strategies for bridging the gap between science and practice in footwear provision.
Dr Sicco Bus
Dr Sicco Bus
Professor and Human Movement Scientist ||
Amsterdam University Medical Center
Professor Dr Sicco Bus is a human movement scientist and a professor of clinical biomechanics and principle investigator at the Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC) in the Netherlands. Sicco completed his doctoral dissertation on the structural and functional aspects of the neuropathic foot in diabetes. In his work at the department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Amsterdam UMC, Sicco leads and supervises research on lower-extremity biomechanics and injury prevention in diabetes and sports. Sicco is a member of the board and program leader for Rehabilitation & Development of the Amsterdam Movement Sciences research institute. He is also member of the editorial board and past-chair of the Ulcer Prevention and Offloading Working Groups of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) on guideline development. Sicco is chair of the study group of Neurovascular Complications of Diabetes in the Netherlands.
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