About the Authors

Mansi Patel

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Parsia Parnian

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Kim Madden

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

Affiliations Division of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Sheila Sprague

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

Affiliations Division of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Anita Acai

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

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, McMaster Education Research, Innovation and Theory (MERIT) Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, St. Joseph’s Education Research Centre (SERC), St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Ydo Kleinlugtenbelt

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

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Deventer Ziekenhuis, Deventer, Netherlands

Natsumi Saka

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Ellie Landman

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

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Deventer Ziekenhuis, Deventer, Netherlands

Harsha Shanthanna

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Vickas Khanna

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Jason W. Busse

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

bussejw@mcmaster.ca

Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: One of the authors (MP) has received funding from the Mitacs Globalink Research Award. One of the authors (VK) is a consultant for Stryker Canada and Zimmer Biomet Canada, and has a spouse who works for Stryker Canada. One of the authors (YK) received a grant from Pioneers in Healthcare, received honoraria from Agnovos, received support for meeting attendance from RGS, and payment from NOV for participation in a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board. One of the authors (KM) received a grant from CIHR (BioTalent), is a participant in a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board at the University of Calgary, and has a leadership or fiduciary role at the Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and Canadian Orthopaedic Association. All other authors (PP, SS, AA, NS, EL, HS, JWB) certify that there are no funding or commercial associations (consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc.) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article related to the author or any immediate family members.