About the Authors
- Pekka Kuittinen
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* E-mail: pekkaku@student.uef.fi
Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Petri Sipola
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland and Unit of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Ville Leinonen
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland and Unit of Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Tapani Saari
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Sanna Sinikallio
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Affiliation Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Sakari Savolainen
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Heikki Kröger
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kuopio University Hospital and Bone and Cartilage Research Unit, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Veli Turunen
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Olavi Airaksinen
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Affiliation Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Timo Aalto
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Affiliation Health Center Ikioma OY, Mikkeli, Finland
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PK TJA PS VL OA HK VT S. Sinikallio TS S. Savolainen. Performed the experiments: PK TJA PS VL OA HK VT S. Sinikallio TS S. Savolainen. Analyzed the data: PK TJA PS VL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PK TJA PS VL OA HK VT S. Sinikallio TS S. Savolainen. Wrote the paper: PK TJA PS VL.