About the Authors

Kishore K. Bokka

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Edwin C. Jesudason

Affiliation National Health Service (NHS), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Oswaldo A. Lozoya

Affiliation Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Farshid Guilak

Affiliation Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

David Warburton

Affiliation The Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sharon R. Lubkin

lubkin@ncsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KKB OAL FG SRL. Performed the experiments: KKB OAL. Analyzed the data: KKB OAL SRL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG SRL. Wrote the paper: KKB ECJ OAL FG DW SRL.