About the Authors

Shannon R. Moore

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Gerald M. Saidel

gms3@case.edu (GMS); m.knothetate@unsw.edu.au (MLKT)

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Ulf Knothe

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Melissa L. Knothe Tate

gms3@case.edu (GMS); m.knothetate@unsw.edu.au (MLKT)

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLKT UK SRM. Performed the experiments: UK MLKT SRM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLKT UK SRM. Wrote the paper: SRM GMS MLKT. Conceived and designed the models: SRM GMS MLKT. Performed the models: SRM GMS MLKT. Analyzed the experimental and model data: SRM GMS MLKT.