Tashiro, Yasutaka http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9034-9967
Lucidi, Gian Andrea
Gale, Tom
Nagai, Kanto
Herbst, Elmar
Irrgang, James J.
Nakashima, Yasuharu
Anderst, William
Fu, Freddie H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
NIH/NIAMS (R01 AR056630)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (H27-787)
International Research Fund for Subsidy of Kyushu University School of Medicine Alumni
Article History
Received: 13 January 2017
Accepted: 9 June 2017
First Online: 24 June 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study was supported by NIH/NIAMS Grant #R01 AR056630. Y.T. was supported by JSPS Fellowships for Research Abroad (H27-787), Grant of The Japanese Orthopaedic Society of Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine, 2016 and International Research Fund for Subsidy of Kyushu University School of Medicine Alumni.
: The institutional review board (IRB) for human subject research in University of Pittsburgh (3500 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA) approved all aspects of this study (ID: PRO09020493).
: Informed consent was obtained for all patients before enrolment.