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The authors report the following potential conflicts of interest or sources of funding: R.F.L. receives royalties from Arthrex, Ossur, and Smith & Nephew; is a paid consultant for Arthrex, Ossur, Linvatec, and Smith & Nephew; receives research support from Arthrex, Linvatec, Ossur, and Smith & Nephew; is on the editorial/governing board of AJSM, JEO, and KSSTA; and has membership/committee appointments for AOSSM, ISAKOS, AANA, and ESSKA. W.J.G. received educational funding from Smith & Nephew. Full ICMJE author disclosure forms are available for this article online, as supplementary material.
Investigation performed at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, CO.