About the Authors

Jonathan Thomas Evans

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

j.t.evans@bristol.ac.uk

Affiliation Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom

Ashley William Blom

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Andrew John Timperley

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Paul Dieppe

Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Matthew James Wilson

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

Adrian Sayers

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom

Michael Richard Whitehouse

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: AB and MRW have received a research grant from Stryker for an unrelated knee replacement trial, MRW’s institution has been paid for work he has done developing and delivering educational presentations for DePuy and Heraeus. MJW and AJT receive institutional support from Stryker for research into and royalties relating to the Exeter hip replacement system from Stryker; there are no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.