Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Institutional review board approval was obtained for all aspects of this study (Mayo IRB #14-005455 and Olmsted Medical Center 006-OMC-15).
A.N.L. was supported by an NIH from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R03 AR 66342). Additional funding was provided by the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic.
This study was made possible using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AG034676. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Outside of the study, T.A.M. reports consulting activities with Orthopediatrics, Medtronic, Zimmer and stock ownership in Viking Scientific. A.N.L. reports consulting activities with Orthopediatrics, Medtronic, Zimmer, and Globus. The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Reprints: A. Noelle Larson, MD, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail: [email protected].
