About the Authors

Shilpa Choudhary

Affiliations New England Musculoskeletal Institute, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Ernesto Canalis

Affiliation New England Musculoskeletal Institute, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Thomas Estus

Affiliation New England Musculoskeletal Institute, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Douglas Adams

Affiliation New England Musculoskeletal Institute, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Carol Pilbeam

pilbeam@nso.uchc.edu

Affiliations New England Musculoskeletal Institute, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC CP. Performed the experiments: SC TE. Analyzed the data: SC EC DA CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC EC DA CP. Wrote the paper: SC EC CP.