About the Authors

Mylène P. Jansen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

m.p.jansen-36@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Simon C. Mastbergen

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Ronald J. van Heerwaarden

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

Affiliation Centre for Deformity Correction and Joint Preserving Surgery, Kliniek ViaSana, Mill, The Netherlands

Sander Spruijt

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

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, HagaZiekenhuis, Den Haag, The Netherlands

Michelle D. van Empelen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Esmee C. Kester

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Floris P. J. G. Lafeber

Contributed equally to this work with: Floris P. J. G. Lafeber, Roel J. H. Custers

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Roel J. H. Custers

Contributed equally to this work with: Floris P. J. G. Lafeber, Roel J. H. Custers

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

FPJG Lafeber is co-founder, co-director, and shareholder of ArthroSave BV, a medical device company involved in marketing a user-friendly knee joint distraction device. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.