Mr Ian B Griffiths

Profile

ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3251-8969

Worked in private sports medicine clinically for over 15 years, and has provided podiatric sports medicine services on a consultancy basis for Team GB/England Institute of Sport, several professional football teams, the PGA European (DP World) golf tour, Surrey Country Cricket Club, and Disney (West End stage shows).

Has Fellowships in Podiatric Medicine at the Royal College of Podiatry, and the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons (Glasgow).

Research

Main interests:

• Foot and ankle pathology
• Lower limb biomechanics and injury risk
• Foot orthoses mechanisms of effect
• Running footwear

Publications

• (2026). International normative values for the weight-bearing lunge test across age and sex in 899 healthy adults. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.msksp.2026.103525

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Moisan G, Chicoine D, Griffiths I et al. (2025). Bridging the gap between custom foot orthoses research and clinical practice. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.foot.2025.102177

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Williams C, Graham K, Griffiths I et al. (publicationYear). Flat out Fabulous: How Barbie’s foot posture and occupations have changed over the decades, and the lessons we can learn. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323719

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Riel H, Griffiths I, Heide M et al. (2025). Reinterpreting the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Plantar Heel Pain Through an International Lens.. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2025.0202

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/108915
• Moisan G, Chicoine D, McBride S et al. (2023). Supination resistance variations in foot and ankle musculoskeletal disorders: implications for diagnosis and customised interventions with wedged insoles. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1186/s13047-023-00681-5

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Ho M, Pacey V, Paterson K et al. (2024). Practitioners preference in using electrotherapy to treat paediatric lower limb conditions: an online survey. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2290203

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Moisan G, Griffiths I, Chicoine D (2023). Flat feet: deformities or healthy anatomical variants?. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107183

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Pelaez AST, Farahpour N, Griffiths IB et al. (2023). Thick shells and medially wedged posts increase foot orthoses medial longitudinal arch stiffness: an experimental study. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1186/s13047-023-00609-z

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Relph N, Greaves H, Armstrong R et al. (publicationYear). Running shoes for preventing lower limb running injuries in adults. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd013368.pub2

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Morrissey D, Cotchett M, J'Bari AS et al. (2021). Management of plantar heel pain: a best practice guide informed by a systematic review, expert clinical reasoning and patient values. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-101970

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/94720

Teaching

• Lecturer in Sports and Exercise Medicine at the Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University of London.
• Teaches on the iBSc and MSc Sports and Exercise Medicine degrees.
• Leads the Biomechanics module, and is co-leader of the Sports Injury & Podiatric Assessment module on the MSc.
• Adjunct lecturer on the Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.