About the Authors

Marcel Dreischarf

dreischarf@julius-wolff-institut.de

Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Laia Albiol

Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Antonius Rohlmann

Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Esther Pries

Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Maxim Bashkuev

Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Thomas Zander

Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Georg Duda

Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Claudia Druschel

Affiliation Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Patrick Strube

Affiliation Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Michael Putzier

Affiliation Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Hendrik Schmidt

Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

Except of Antonius Rohlmann and Esther Pries, all authors of this manuscript have no conflict of interest. None of them have any relationships to products or companies mentioned in or related to the subject matter of the article being submitted. None of the authors have any pertinent financial relationships, such as consultancies, stock ownership or other equity interests or patent-licensing arrangements for any product or process mentioned in the submission. Only Antonius Rohlmann was a consultant of the Epionics Medical GmbH and Esther Pries is a scientific adviser of the Epionics Medical GmbH. However, this does not influence the results of the present study and does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD AR HS. Performed the experiments: MD LA AR HS. Analyzed the data: MD LA AR EP MB TZ GD CD PS MP HS. Wrote the paper: MD LA AR EP MB TZ GD CD PS MP HS.