The Footwear Biomechanics Group, a technical group of the International Society of Biomechanics, held the IX Footwear Biomechanics Symposium, in Stellenbosch on July 10 - 12, 2009.

The symposium had keynotes by Dr. Peter Cavanagh, Dr. Benno Nigg, and Dr. Martyn Shorten. Additional highlights also included an invited Soccer Footwear session organized by Thorsten Sterzing to coincide with the upcoming World Cup in South Africa. Also, to celebrate his retirement, Bart van Gheluwe gave a personal overview on "Foot Biomechanics and Podiatry: Research Meets the Clinical World".

There was over 60 oral and poster presentations in the symposium on a range of topics:
- fit
- pressure distribution
- running
- comfort
- gait
- impact
- stability
- etc.

If you want to see what happenned at the Symposium  see the website: http://2009.footwearbiomechanics.org/

Best wishes,

Darren Stefanyshyn
Chairperson, Footwear Biomechanics Group
FBG website: http://www.footwearbiomechanics.org/