1Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
2Institute for Musculoskeletal Medicine, Westfaelische-Wilhelms-University Muenster, Muenster, Germany
3Biomech Innovations AG, Nidau, Switzerland
4Unfallkrankenhaus Steiermark, Graz, Austria
5Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Protestant Hospital of Bethel Foundation, Bielefeld, Germany
aEmail address for D. Wähnert: [email protected]
Investigation performed at the Institute for Musculoskeletal Medicine, Westfaelische-Wilhelms-University Muenster, Muenster, Germany
Disclosure: One of the authors (S.B.) is the owner of Biomech Innovations AG, Nidau, Switzerland, the manufacturer of the device under study, and financial support for test execution and data analysis for the present study was provided by Biomech Innovations. The study was performed by an independent third party without the supervision of Biomech Innovations. Data were retrieved and analyzed by the independent party. Biomech Innovations reviewed the manuscript and checked that the information provided to readers is supported by evidence only and is in line with the product information for use. None of the authors received payments or other benefits or a commitment or agreement to provide such benefits from that commercial entity other than what was explicitly declared here. On the Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest forms, which are provided with the online version of the article, one or more of the authors checked “yes” to indicate that the author had a relevant financial relationship in the biomedical arena outside the submitted work (including with Biomech Innovations) (https://links.lww.com/JBJS/G2).
