Pathway to ending avoidable diabetes-related amputations in Australia

• 1 Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD
• 2 Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, QLD
• 3 Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 4 Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA
• 5 Wound Management Innovation Cooperative Research Centre, Brisbane, QLD
• 6 Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW
• 7 La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC
• 8 Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC

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