About the Authors

Xiong Liu

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Southern Medical University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Biomechanics, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China, Department of Orthopaedics, Shilongboai Hospital (The Eight People’s Hospital of Dongguan), Dongguan, Guangdong, P.R. China

Wei-dong Wu

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Southern Medical University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Biomechanics, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China, Department of Orthopaedics, Wuzhou Red Cross Hospital, Wuzhou, Guangxi, P.R. China

Ya-feng Fang

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Southern Medical University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Biomechanics, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Mei-chao Zhang

zmc@fimmu.com

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Southern Medical University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Biomechanics, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Wen-hua Huang

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Southern Medical University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Biomechanics, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MZ XL. Performed the experiments: XL WW YF. Analyzed the data: MZ XL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZ WH. Wrote the paper: XL. Obtained permission for use of materials testing machine: MZ WH.