About the Authors

Stephanie Bergdolt

Affiliation Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Anna Kovtun

Affiliation Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Yvonne Hägele

Affiliation Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Astrid Liedert

Affiliation Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Thorsten Schinke

Affiliation Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Michael Amling

Affiliation Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Markus Huber-Lang

Affiliation Institute of Clinical and Experimental Traumaimmunology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Anita Ignatius

anita.ignatius@uni-ulm.de

Affiliation Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MHL AI. Data curation: AI. Formal analysis: SB AK YH. Funding acquisition: TS MA MHL AI. Investigation: SB AK YH AL TS. Methodology: AL TS MA MHL AI. Project administration: SB AK AI. Resources: TS MA MHL AI. Supervision: AK MHL AI. Validation: SB AK YH AL AI. Visualization: SB AK YH. Writing – original draft: SB AK YH AI. Writing – review & editing: SB AK YH AL TS MA MHL AI.