About the Authors

Kerstin Klein

Affiliations Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich, Switzerland

André Aeschlimann

Affiliation RehaClinic, Bad Zurzach, Switzerland

Suzana Jordan

Affiliations Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich, Switzerland

Renate Gay

Affiliations Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich, Switzerland

Steffen Gay

Affiliations Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich, Switzerland

Haiko Sprott

haiko.sprott@painclinic.eu

Affiliations Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK HS. Performed the experiments: KK SJ. Analyzed the data: KK AA SJ RG SG HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA RG SG HS. Wrote the paper: KK AA SJ SG HS.