Fernando, Malindu E.
Horsley, Mark
Jones, Sara
Martin, Brian
Nube, Vanessa L.
Charles, James
Cheney, Jane
Lazzarini, Peter A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8235-7964
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Funding for this research was provided by:
National Diabetes Services Scheme
Article History
Received: 12 October 2021
Accepted: 11 April 2022
First Online: 5 May 2022
Declarations
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: The funding/supporting bodies provided oversight and final approval for this guideline, however, did not have any input into the decisions on recommendations contained in these guidelines or in the writing of these guidelines. JChe is employed by Diabetes Victoria and is fully funded by the National Diabetes Services Scheme. PAL was an author of the IWGDF Offloading Guidelines and Systematic Review in which this manuscript is based, has been a speaker consultant with Sanofi Australia, is past chair of Diabetes Feet Australia, and is a member of the Journal of Foot & Ankle Editorial Board, Diabetes Australia Research Advisory Panel, National Association of Diabetes Centres Foot Network Committee, Australian Foot Forward Project Committee and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Diabetic Foot Complications Program Expert Advisory Committee. PAL was specifically involved with the development and drafting of non-surgical offloading recommendations in the IWGDF Offloading Guideline and addressed this conflict by not screening, assessing or deciding on any non-surgical offloading recommendations as part of this Australian Guideline project. All other authors declare that they have no relevant competing interests.