About the Authors

Olli V. Leppänen

Affiliations Medical School and the Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Division of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of Trauma, Musculoskeletal Surgery and Rehabilitation, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Harri Sievänen

Affiliation The Bone Research Group, UKK-Institute, Tampere, Finland

Jarkko Jokihaara

Affiliations Medical School and the Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Division of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of Trauma, Musculoskeletal Surgery and Rehabilitation, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ilari Pajamäki

Affiliations Medical School and the Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Division of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of Trauma, Musculoskeletal Surgery and Rehabilitation, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Pekka Kannus

Affiliations Medical School and the Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Division of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of Trauma, Musculoskeletal Surgery and Rehabilitation, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, The Bone Research Group, UKK-Institute, Tampere, Finland

Teppo L. N. Järvinen

teppo.jarvinen@uta.fi

Affiliations Medical School and the Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Division of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of Trauma, Musculoskeletal Surgery and Rehabilitation, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJ HS OL. Performed the experiments: OL JJ IP. Analyzed the data: TJ HS OL JJ. Wrote the paper: TJ HS PK OL JJ IP.