About the Authors
- Giordano Valente
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* E-mail: valente@tecno.ior.it
Affiliation Medical Technology Laboratory, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy
- Lorenzo Pitto
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Affiliation Medical Technology Laboratory, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy
- Debora Testi
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Affiliation BioComputing Competence Centre, SCS s.r.l., Bologna, Italy
- Ajay Seth
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Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Scott L. Delp
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Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Rita Stagni
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Affiliation Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Marco Viceconti
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Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering and INSIGNEO Institute for In Silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Fulvia Taddei
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Affiliation Medical Technology Laboratory, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy
Competing Interests
Debora Testi is affiliated to the BioComputing Competence Centre, SCS s.r.l. commercial company. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GV LP FT. Performed the experiments: GV LP. Analyzed the data: GV LP FT. Wrote the paper: GV. Contributed software design and development: GV LP DT AS SLD MV FT. Produced gait analysis data: RS. Edited the manuscript: GV LP DT AS SLD RS MV FT.