The prevalence of osteoarthritis: Higher risk after transfemoral amputation?—A database analysis with 1,569 amputees and matched controls

• Bastian Welke ,

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

  * E-mail: welke.bastian@mh-hannover.de

  Affiliation Laboratory for Biomechanics and Biomaterials, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Eike Jakubowitz,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory for Biomechanics and Biomaterials, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Frank Seehaus,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration

  Affiliation Laboratory for Biomechanics and Biomaterials, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Kiriakos Daniilidis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation OTC, Orthopädie Traumatologie Centrum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

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• Matthias Timpner,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Techniker Krankenkasse, Hauptverwaltung - Fachbereich GPH, Hamburg, Germany

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• Nils Tremer,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Techniker Krankenkasse, Hauptverwaltung - Fachbereich GPH, Hamburg, Germany

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• Christof Hurschler,

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

  Affiliation Laboratory for Biomechanics and Biomaterials, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Michael Schwarze

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory for Biomechanics and Biomaterials, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5059-8029

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