About the Authors

Aline Heilmann

Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Center of Musculoskeletal Research, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Thorsten Schinke

Affiliation Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Ronny Bindl

Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Center of Musculoskeletal Research, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Tim Wehner

Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Center of Musculoskeletal Research, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Anna Rapp

Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Center of Musculoskeletal Research, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Melanie Haffner-Luntzer

Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Center of Musculoskeletal Research, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Claudia Nemitz

Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Center of Musculoskeletal Research, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Astrid Liedert

Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Center of Musculoskeletal Research, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Michael Amling

Affiliation Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Anita Ignatius

anita.ignatius@uni-ulm.de

Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Center of Musculoskeletal Research, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH TS MA AI. Performed the experiments: AH AR MH-L CN. Analyzed the data: AH RB TW AR AL AI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS MA. Wrote the paper: AH AI.