Offloading guideline (2019 update)

Download the 2019 IWGDF Offloading guideline from the link below. Please refer to this document as: “Bus et al. Guidelines on offloading foot ulcers in persons with diabetes (IWGDF 2019 update). Diab Metab Res Rev. 2020. e3274”.

The IWGDF Offloading working group is already busy working on the 2023 update. You can read about the working group members below.

Members of the Offloading Working Group

Prof. Dr. Sicco A. Bus

Human movement scientist Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Sicco Bus is a human movement scientist and a professor of clinical biomechanics and principle investigator at Amsterdam […]

Dr. Peter Lazzarini

Associate professor Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Allied Health Research Collaborative, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Associate Professor Pete Lazzarini […]

Prof. Dr. David Armstrong

Professor of Surgery / Podiatrist University of Southern California, USA Dr. Armstrong is Professor of Surgery at the University of Southern California. Dr. Armstrong holds a Master […]

Catherine Gooday

Podiatrist Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals, United Kingdom Catherine Gooday graduated as a podiatrist from the University of Brighton in 1996. She has been the Principal […]

Dr. Vijay Viswanathan

Diabetologist M.V. Hospital for Diabetes, and Prof. M.Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, Royapuram, Chennai, India Head & Chief Diabetologist of M.V. Hospital for Diabetes & President of […]

A/Prof. Dr. Gustav Jarl

Prosthetist Orthotist Department of Prosthetics and Orthotics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden; University Health Care Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro […]

A/Prof. Ryan Crews

Associate professor Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago, Illinois, USA Ryan Crews, PhD, CCRP is an associate professor within the Dr. William M. Scholl […]

Dr. Klaus Kirketerp-Møller

Orthopaedic surgeon Copenhagen Wound Healing Center, Bispebjerg University Hospital and Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Denmark   Klaus Kirketerp-Møller is an orthopaedic surgeon and Head of Copenhagen […]