About the Authors

Niels Hammer

nlshammer@googlemail.com

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, University of Leipzig, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig, Germany

Robert Möbius

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, University of Leipzig, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig, Germany

Stefan Schleifenbaum

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, University Clinics of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Karl-Heinz Hammer

Affiliation Clinics for Orthopedics, Osteology and Pain Treatment, Kirchberg, Germany

Stefan Klima

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, University Clinics of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Justin S. Lange

Affiliation Institute of Applied Kinesiology, Department Human Locomotion, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany

Odette Soisson

Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, University Clinics of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Institute of Applied Kinesiology, Department Human Locomotion, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany

Dirk Winkler

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Clinics of Leipzig, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig, Germany

Thomas L. Milani

Affiliation Clinics for Orthopedics, Osteology and Pain Treatment, Kirchberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The Bauerfeind AG granted financial and material support. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NH KHH TLM. Performed the experiments: NH KHH OS. Analyzed the data: NH RM KHH JSL SS OS DW TLM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NH KHH SK DW TLM. Wrote the paper: NH RM SK OS DW TLM.