About the Authors
- Kathryn S. Stok
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* E-mail: kas@ethz.ch
Affiliations Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, SCANCO Medical AG, Bruttisellen, Switzerland
- Bryce A. Besler
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Affiliation Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Thomas H. Steiner
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Affiliation Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Ana V. Villarreal Escudero
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Affiliation Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Martin A. Zulliger
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Affiliation SCANCO Medical AG, Bruttisellen, Switzerland
- Markus Wilke
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Kailash Atal
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Affiliation Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Aurelie Quintin
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Bruno Koller
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Affiliation SCANCO Medical AG, Bruttisellen, Switzerland
- Ralph Müller
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Affiliation Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Dobrila Nesic
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Competing Interests
KSS is an employee at Scanco Medical AG since January 2015 (project concluded in September 2012). MZ was an employee at Scanco Medical AG for the duration of the project. BK is an owner/employee at Scanco Medical AG. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS One policies on sharing data and materials. Other authors have no competing interests regarding this study.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KSS MAZ DN. Performed the experiments: KSS BAB THS AVVE MAZ MW KA AQ DN. Analyzed the data: KSS BAB DN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BK RM DN. Wrote the paper: KSS BAB THS AVVE MAZ MW KA AQ BK RM DN. Designed the software used in analysis: KSS BAB THS KA. Statistical expertise: KSS BAB THS AVVE.