Caleb Wegener

• Qualifications
• Biography
• Research  
• Selected Publications
• Grants/Current Projects
• Awards/Honours
• Professional Activities

Qualifications

BAppSc (Podiatry) Hons

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Biography

Caleb Wegener is a podiatrist and graduated from the University of Western Sydney (UWS) with first Class honours and was awarded the Ted and Grace Renton Memorial Prize for excellence in biomechanics. His honours thesis investigated running shoe biomechanics and was published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. Caleb has worked as a practicing podiatrist in a variety of areas including high risk foot clinics and sports medicine practice. While working at Sydney’s Westmead Hospital Caleb coordinated a randomised controlled trial into the effects of sports footwear and foot orthoses on foot pain and activity levels in people with diabetes. Caleb is currently in the final stages of his PhD investigating the biomechanics of children’s shoes at the University of Sydney. He continues to combine clinical practice with his research.

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 Research

• Gait
• Footwear
• Orthoses

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Selected Publications

Wegener, C., Hunt, A., Vanwanseele, B., Burns, J., & Smith, R. (2011). Effect of children's shoes on gait: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 4(1),3.

Burns, J., Wegener, C., Begg, L., Vicaretti, M., & Fletcher, J. (2009). Randomized trial of custom orthoses and footwear on foot pain and plantar pressure in diabetic peripheral arterial disease. Diabetic Medicine, 26(9), 893-899.

Wegener, C., Burns, J., & Penkala, S. (2008). Effect of neutral-cushioned running shoes on plantar pressure loading and comfort in athletes with cavus feet: a crossover randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 36(11), 2139-2146.

Wegener, C., Burns, J., & Begg, L. (2008). Relationship between foot structure and duration of diabetes mellitus. Diabetic Foot Study Group of the EASD VII. Meeting of the DFSG, (pp.118). IL Ciocco: Italy.

Begg, L., Burns, J., & Wegener, C. (2008). Offloading the diabetic foot ulcer: Comparison of total contact casting techniques. Presented at the International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics Community 1st I-FAB Congress Proceedings (pp.22). Bolonga: Italy.

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Grants/Current Projects

Currently conducting a PhD on children's shoes

Awards/Honours

• Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) 2009
• Ted and Grace Renton Perpetual Memorial Prize 2005

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Professional Activities

Reviewer for the following journals:

• Gait and Posture
• The International Journal of Sports Medicine
  

Professional member of the following:

• International Society of Biomechanics
• International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics Society
• Australian Podiatry Association
• Sports Medicine Australia

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