About the Authors

Brian M. Sandroff

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Robert W. Motl

robmotl@illinois.edu

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Lara A. Pilutti

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Yvonne C. Learmonth

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Ipek Ensari

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Deirdre Dlugonski

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Rachel E. Klaren

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Swathi Balantrapu

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Barry J. Riskin

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Motl is a consultant for Acorda Therapeutics and Biogen Idec. Dr. Motl further provides educational lectures for EMD Serono. This research was supported by an investigator initiated grant from Acorda Therapeutics. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors declare no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BMS RWM. Performed the experiments: BMS RWM LAP YCL IE DD REK SB BJR. Analyzed the data: BMS RWM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BMS RWM LAP YCL IE DD REK SB BJR. Wrote the paper: BMS RWM LAP YCL IE DD REK SB BJR.