About the Authors
- Sean C. Forbes
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* E-mail: scforbes@ufl.edu
Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
- Rebecca J. Willcocks
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Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
- William T. Triplett
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Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
- William D. Rooney
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Affiliation Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America
- Donovan J. Lott
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Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
- Dah-Jyuu Wang
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Affiliation The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- Jim Pollaro
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Affiliation Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America
- Claudia R. Senesac
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Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
- Michael J. Daniels
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Affiliation Department of Statistics & Data Sciences and Department of Integrative Biology, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States of America
- Richard S. Finkel
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Affiliations The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Nemours Children’s Hospital, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
- Barry S. Russman
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Affiliation Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America
- Barry J. Byrne
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
- Erika L. Finanger
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Affiliation Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America
- Gihan I. Tennekoon
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Affiliation The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- Glenn A. Walter
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Affiliation Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
- H. Lee Sweeney
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- Krista Vandenborne
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Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
Competing Interests
R.S.F. Financial activities related to the present article: None to disclose. Financial activities not related to the present article: institution received a grant from PTC Therapeutics for a study of ataluren in DMD for which R.S.F. was the primary investigator (some of the subjects in that study also participated in the current study, but no financial conflict is identified). Other relationships: unpaid advisor to Muscular Dystrophy Association and Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KV HLS GAW SCF WDR BJB BSR RSF MJD CRS DJL DJW. Performed the experiments: SCF RJW DJW JP DJL WDR. Analyzed the data: SCF WTT RJW MJD GAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCF RJW WTT WDR DJW JP MJD GAW KV. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SCF RJW WTT WDR DJL DJW JP CRS MJD RSF BSR BJB ELF GIT GAW HLS KV. Analysis software development: WTT MJD GAW.