About the Authors

Youssef M. Farhat

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, The Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Alaa A. Al-Maliki

Affiliation The Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Tony Chen

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, The Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Subhash C. Juneja

Affiliation The Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Edward M. Schwarz

Affiliations The Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Regis J. O’Keefe

Affiliations The Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Hani A. Awad

hani_awad@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, The Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YMF HAA. Performed the experiments: YMF AAA TC SCJ. Analyzed the data: YMF AAA TC SCJ EMS RJO HAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TC SCJ. Wrote the paper: YMF AAA TC SCJ EMS RJO HAA.