Zaffagnini, Stefano
Previtali, Davide
Tamborini, Simone http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4854-0298
Pagliazzi, Gherardo
Filardo, Giuseppe
Candrian, Christian
Article History
Received: 5 November 2018
Accepted: 4 March 2019
First Online: 22 March 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: G.F received institutional support from: Finceramica Faenza Spa (Italy), Fidia Farmaceutici Spa (Italy), CartiHeal (2009) Ltd (Israel), EON Medica SRL (Italy), IGEA Clinical Biophysics (Italy), BIOMET (USA) and Kensey Nash (USA). S.Z received financial support from I + SRL (Italy), and he has royalties from Springer (Germany). He receives institutional support from: Fidia Farmaceutici Spa (Italy), CartiHeal (2009) Ltd (Israel), IGEA Clinical Biophysics (Italy), BIOMET (USA) and Kensey Nash (USA).
: No ethical approval was needed due to the methodological characteristics of the study.