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About the Authors
- Nicholaus Meyers
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* E-mail: nicholaus.meyers@uni-ulm.de
Affiliation Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, Center of Musculoskeletal Research Ulm, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Matthias Sukopp
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Contributed equally to this work with: Matthias Sukopp, Rudolf Jäger
Affiliation Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, Center of Musculoskeletal Research Ulm, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Rudolf Jäger
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Contributed equally to this work with: Matthias Sukopp, Rudolf Jäger
Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Malte Steiner
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Affiliation Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, Center of Musculoskeletal Research Ulm, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Romano Matthys
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Affiliation RISystem AG, Davos, Switzerland
- Bernd Lapatki
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Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Anita Ignatius
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Affiliation Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, Center of Musculoskeletal Research Ulm, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Lutz Claes
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Affiliation Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, Center of Musculoskeletal Research Ulm, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Competing Interests
We declare an affiliation with RISystem limited exclusively to receiving implants for testing and for Romano Matthys’ contribution to the experimental set-up limited exclusively to mounting the fixation devices to our standardized aluminium specimens. We confirm that our affiliation with RISystem does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: NM MSt LC AI. Data curation: NM MSu RJ. Formal analysis: NM RJ. Funding acquisition: LC AI. Investigation: NM MSu MSt RJ. Methodology: NM MSt LC. Project administration: NM LC BL AI. Resources: BL LC RM AI. Software: NM RJ. Supervision: LC BL AI. Validation: NM MSu RJ. Visualization: NM. Writing – original draft: NM. Writing – review & editing: NM MSu MSt RJ BL LC AI.