About the Authors

Liesbet Geris

Contributed equally to this work with: Liesbet Geris, Anita A. C. Reed

liesbet.geris@mech.kuleuven.be

Affiliations Division of Biomechanics and Engineering Design, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Prometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Biomechanics Research Unit, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Anita A. C. Reed

Contributed equally to this work with: Liesbet Geris, Anita A. C. Reed

Affiliations Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jos Vander Sloten

Affiliation Division of Biomechanics and Engineering Design, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

A. Hamish R. W. Simpson

Affiliation Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Hans Van Oosterwyck

Affiliations Division of Biomechanics and Engineering Design, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Prometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG AACR JVS AHRWS HVO. Performed the experiments: LG AACR. Analyzed the data: LG AACR JVS AHRWS HVO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LG AACR. Wrote the paper: LG AACR AHRWS HVO.