About the Authors

Christian Liebsch

Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Centre Ulm, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Nicolas Graf

Current address: SpineServ GmbH & Co. KG, Ulm, Germany

Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Centre Ulm, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Konrad Appelt

Current address: University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Centre Ulm, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Hans-Joachim Wilke

hans-joachim.wilke@uni-ulm.de

Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Centre Ulm, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CL KA HJW. Data curation: CL. Formal analysis: CL. Funding acquisition: HJW. Investigation: CL. Methodology: CL NG. Project administration: CL HJW. Resources: HJW. Software: CL NG. Supervision: HJW. Validation: CL. Visualization: CL. Writing – original draft: CL. Writing – review & editing: CL HJW.