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MOON Knee Group contributing authors:
Richard D. Parker, M.D., Jack T. Andrish, M.D., Morgan H. Jones, M.D., M.P.H.: Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Garfield Heights, Ohio, U.S.A.
Rick W. Wright, M.D., Matthew J. Matava, M.D., and Robert H. Brophy, M.D.: Department of Orthopaedics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
Robert G. Marx, M.D., M.Sc.: Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Eric C. McCarty, M.D., Michelle L. Wolcott, M.D., and Armando F. Vidal, M.D.: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Colorado Denver, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
Annunziato Amendola, M.D.: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Brian R. Wolf, M.D., M.S.: Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.
Warren R. Dunn, M.D., M.P.H.: Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
The authors report the following potential conflicts of interest or sources of funding: C.C.K., A.D.P., E.K.R., L.J.H., T.E.H., and K.P.S. have grant from National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health and Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Research Fund; and Vanderbilt fund received gifts from Smith & Nephew Endoscopy and DonJoy Orhtopaedics. D.C.F. receives consultancy fees from Vericel, DePuy Mitek, Conmed, Zimmer, and Smith & Nephew. R.W.W. receives support from Board of Directors, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (not a paid board position); Board of Directors, American Orthopaedic Association (not a paid board position); and Board of Directors, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (not a paid board position); has grants/grants pending from National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; and receives royalties from Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. R.G.M. receives royalties from The ACL Solution as an author (Desmos Health, 2012) and from ACL Revision as an editor (Springer, 2014); is a Deputy Editor for Sports Medicine, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. A.A. receives consultancy fees from Arthrex; royalties from Arthrex and Arthrosurface; has grants/grants pending from National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense; and has stock/stock options in Arthrosurface and MTP Solutions. M.J.M. is a paid consultant for the design of surgical instrumentation in Ostesys; has grants/grants pending from Arthrex and Breg (receives unrestricted educational grants in support of his institution's sports medicine fellowship); and receives royalties from Schwartz Biomedical (received royalties for the design of a surgical implant of the knee). B.R.W. has a board membership in the Scientific Advisory Board of United Health Care; has grants/grants pending from Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation and Arthrex; and receives payment for lectures including service on speakers' bureaus from ConMed. A.F.V. has a board membership in Ceterix, Stryker, and Arthrocare; has expert testimony in Ceterix and Stryker; and receives fellowship support from Smith & Nephew. Full ICMJE author disclosure forms are available for this article online, as supplementary material.
