About the Authors

Michelle T. Poldervaart

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Huanan Wang

Affiliation Department of Biomaterials, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Johan van der Stok

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Harrie Weinans

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Sander C. G. Leeuwenburgh

Affiliation Department of Biomaterials, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

F. Cumhur Öner

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Wouter J. A. Dhert

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jacqueline Alblas

j.alblas@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP SL H. Weinans FCO WD JA. Performed the experiments: MP H. Wang JvdS. Analyzed the data: MP H. Wang JvdS WD JA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H. Wang SL H. Weinans. Wrote the paper: MP H. Wang JvdS H. Weinans SL FCO WD JA.