About the Authors
- Haris S. Vasiliadis
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* E-mail: charilaosvasileiadis@sonnenhof.ch
Affiliation Orthopaedie Sonnenhof, Bern, Switzerland
- Adriani Nikolakopoulou
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Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
- Ian Shrier
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Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Michael P. Lunn
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Affiliation Centre for Neuromuscular Disease, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
- Ruth Brassington
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Affiliation Centre for Neuromuscular Disease, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
- Rob J. P. Scholten
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Affiliation Dutch Cochrane Centre and Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Georgia Salanti
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Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) & Berner Institut für Hausarztmedizin (BIHAM) University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Competing Interests
HV received travel support from the manufacturer of instrumentation (Stryker) for mini-open and endoscopic release to attend orthopedic conference. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HV IS ML RB RS GS. Performed the experiments: HV IS GS. Analyzed the data: HS AN GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HV IS ML RB RS GS. Wrote the paper: HV IS ML RB RS GS.