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The authors report the following potential conflicts of interest or sources of funding: W.J.A. reports grants from Arthrex, during the conduct of the study. C.R.C. reports grants from Arthrex, during the conduct of the study; and personal fees and other from CONMED Linvatec, grants and personal fees from the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, and grants from Zimmer Biomet, outside the submitted work. J.L.C. reports grants and personal fees from Arthrex, personal fees from AthleteIQ grants from ConforMIS, personal fees from CONMED Linvatec, grants from the Coulter Foundation, grants from DePuy Synthes, grants and personal fees from Eli Lilly, other from the Journal of Knee Surgery, grants from Merial, other from the Midwest Transplant Network, grants, personal fees, and other from Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, grants from National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development), grants from Purina, grants from Sites Medical, personal fees and other from Thieme, grants from TissueGen, personal fees from Trupanion, grants from U.S. Department of Defense, and grants from Zimmer-Biomet, outside the submitted work. In addition, J.L.C. has a patent (U.S. Patent #10,039,277) with royalties paid from the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation. A.M.H. reports grants from Arthrex, during the conduct of the study; and grants and personal fees from Arthrex, other from Clarius Mobile Health, and personal fees from LifeNet Health, outside the submitted work. T.D.P. reports grants from Arthrex, during the conduct of the study. M.J.S. reports grants from Arthrex, during the conduct of the study; and grants and personal fees from Arthrex, personal fees from DePuy Synthes, personal fees and other from Ignite Orthopaedics, and grants from Wright Medical Technology, outside the submitted work. Full ICMJE author disclosure forms are available for this article online, as supplementary material.
Authors J.L.C. and C.R.C. are husband and wife.
