About the Authors

Joost J. A. de Jong

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

Affiliation Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Ryan M. Plett

Affiliation Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Roland Chapurlat

Affiliation INSERM French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, University of Lyon, Lyon, France

Piet P. Geusens

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

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

Affiliation Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Bert van Rietbergen

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.