About the Authors

Wen Min Lau

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michele Doucet

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ryan Stadel

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

David Huang

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kristy L. Weber

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Scott L. Kominsky

kominsc@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WML MD KLW SLK. Performed the experiments: WML MD RS DH KLW SLK. Analyzed the data: WML MD RS DH KLW SLK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WML RS DH. Wrote the paper: WML SLK.