About the Authors

Marta Tibiletti

Affiliations Laboratory of Biological Structure Mechanics, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy, Department of Internal Medicine II-Cardiology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Fabio Galbusera

fabio.galbusera@grupposandonato.it

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Structure Mechanics, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy

Cristina Ciavarro

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Structure Mechanics, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy

Marco Brayda-Bruno

Affiliation Department of Spine Surgery III, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT CC MBB. Performed the experiments: MT CC. Analyzed the data: MT FG CC. Wrote the paper: MT FG.