Mr Simon Bartold
Simon Bartold is a graduate of Adelaide University where he gained a Bachelor Degree in Science with a major in Physiology. He gained a further qualification in Podiatry at the University of South Australia. Simon holds postgraduate fellowships in Sports Podiatry with the Australian Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine and in Sport Sciences with Sports Medicine Australia. He has completed studies in advanced podiatric biomechanics and has published papers nationally & internationally. In 1998 he was awarded the prestigious Best Clinical Paper award for original research at the Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, and again in 2002 with a paper entitled A Numerical Foot Model to Predict Sole Stability Parameters in Athletic Footwear. Apart from private practice, Simon is an adjunct lecturer to the School of Health Sciences at the University of South Australia. Research interests include the technical aspects of athletic footwear and pressure/force measurement in relation to intervention parameters and injury. Simon’s “real job” is as International Research Coordinator for the global body of the Asics Corporation.
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