About the Authors

Jakob G. Jespersen

jespersen.jakob@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery M, Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Anders Nedergaard

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery M, Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Søren Reitelseder

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery M, Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Ulla R. Mikkelsen

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery M, Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Kasper J. Dideriksen

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery M, Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jakob Agergaard

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery M, Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Frederik Kreiner

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Inflammation Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Frank C. Pott

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Peter Schjerling

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery M, Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Michael Kjaer

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery M, Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JGJ FCP PS MK. Performed the experiments: JGJ AN SR URM KJD FCP MK. Analyzed the data: JGJ SR URM PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA FK. Wrote the paper: JGJ.