About the Authors

James Belsey

Contributed equally to this work with: James Belsey, Arnaud Diffo Kaze, Dietrich Pape

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jbelsey89@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Sport, Exercise & Health, University of Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire, England, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England

Arnaud Diffo Kaze

Contributed equally to this work with: James Belsey, Arnaud Diffo Kaze, Dietrich Pape

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of Luxembourg, Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Simon Jobson

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Sport, Exercise & Health, University of Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire, England

James Faulkner

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Sport, Exercise & Health, University of Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire, England

Stefan Maas

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation University of Luxembourg, Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Raghbir Khakha

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England

Dietrich Pape

Contributed equally to this work with: James Belsey, Arnaud Diffo Kaze, Dietrich Pape

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Adrian J. Wilson

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation The Hampshire Clinic, Basing Road, Old Basing, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England

Competing Interests

The allograft wedges used in this study were provided by RTI Surgical Inc (http://www.rtix.com), who also sponsor the PhD course being undertaken by the lead author [JB] at the University of Winchester, UK. Other than the abovementioned sponsorship of the lead author’s PhD course, there is no further conflict of interest to be declared by any of the authors. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.