*Department of Orthopedic Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
†MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
‡Department of Biomaterials Science and Technology, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
§Department of Orthopedics, Orthopedic Research Laboratory, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
¶Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, W.J. Kolff Institute, Groningen, the Netherlands; and
‖Department of Human Movement Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Theodoor H. Smit, PhD, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, Room 3F-045, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, the Netherlands; E-mail: [email protected]
Acknowledgment date: October 15, 2014. Acceptance date: January 14, 2015.
The device(s)/drug(s) that is/are the subject of this manuscript is/are not FDA approved for this indication and is/are not commercially available in the United States.
The government-led consortium for the development of BioMedical Materials, BMM (grant number P2.01 IDiDAS), and ZonMW-VICI grant 918.11.635 funds were received to support this work.
Relevant financial activities outside the submitted work: consultancy.
