About the Authors

Elvira R. Flikweert

Contributed equally to this work with: Elvira R. Flikweert, Martin Stevens, Inge H. F. Reininga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

elviraflikweert@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Surgery-Traumatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Ronald L. Diercks

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Gerbrand J. Izaks

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation University Center for Geriatric Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Klaus W. Wendt

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Surgery-Traumatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Martin Stevens

Contributed equally to this work with: Elvira R. Flikweert, Martin Stevens, Inge H. F. Reininga

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Inge H. F. Reininga

Contributed equally to this work with: Elvira R. Flikweert, Martin Stevens, Inge H. F. Reininga

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery-Traumatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

This study was, as part of a greater research project, supported by an unrestricted research grant from Biomet. This grant does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.