About the Authors

Bassma Ghali

Affiliations Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Nayanashri Thalanki Anantha

Affiliations Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jennifer Chan

Affiliation Engineering Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tom Chau

tom.chau@utoronto.ca

Affiliations Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors declare Syngrafii Inc. as a commercial funder and 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: BG NTA TC. Performed the experiments: BG NTA JC. Analyzed the data: BG JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BG. Wrote the paper: BG TC.