About the Authors
- Tomasz D. Szwedowski
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tomasz D. Szwedowski, William R. Taylor, Markus O. Heller
- William R. Taylor
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tomasz D. Szwedowski, William R. Taylor, Markus O. Heller
* E-mail: bill.taylor@charite.de
Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute (JWI), Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery (CMSC), Center for Sports Science and Sports Medicine Berlin (CSSB), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Markus O. Heller
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tomasz D. Szwedowski, William R. Taylor, Markus O. Heller
- Carsten Perka
- Michael Müller
- Georg N. Duda
Competing Interests
The authors have the following conflicts: The study was partially funded by Zimmer GmbH, but this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MH WT GD CP MM. Performed the experiments: MM TS. Analyzed the data: TS WT MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS WT MH. Wrote the paper: GD WT MH TS CP.