About the Authors
- Joost J. A. de Jong
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* E-mail: joost.dejong@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Affiliations NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Patrik Christen
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Affiliation Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Ryan M. Plett
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Affiliation Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Roland Chapurlat
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Affiliation INSERM French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, University of Lyon, Lyon, France
- Piet P. Geusens
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Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
- Joop P. W. van den Bergh
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Affiliations NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium, Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, The Netherlands
- Ralph Müller
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Affiliation Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Bert van Rietbergen
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Affiliation Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Section Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
We have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: B. van Rietbergen is a consultant for Scanco Medical A.G. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: JJAdJ PC PPG JPWvdB RM BvR. Data curation: RC JPWvdB. Formal analysis: JJAdJ PC RM BvR. Funding acquisition: JPWvdB RM. Investigation: JJAdJ PC RMP RC JPWvdB. Methodology: JJAdJ PC RM BvR. Project administration: JJAdJ PC JPWvdB RM BvR. Resources: RC PPG JPWvdB RM BvR. Software: JJAdJ PC BvR. Supervision: PC RM BvR. Validation: JJAdJ PC RC BvR. Visualization: JJAdJ. Writing – original draft: JJAdJ PC. Writing – review & editing: JJAdJ PC RC PPG JPWvdB RM BvR.