Yapp, Liam Z. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2180-8933
Clement, Nicholas D. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8792-0659
Macdonald, Deborah J. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2682-1408
Howie, Colin R. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6656-2821
Scott, Chloe E. H. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0012-1596
Article History
Received: 16 November 2019
First Online: 1 April 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: LZY, NDC, and DJM declare that they have no conflict of interest to report. CRH has received funding from Stryker for Institutional Support. CEHS declares the following: (1) Delivers education for Stryker and has received funding from Stryker for Institutional Support; (2) Recipient of NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Career Research Fellowship; (3) Member of Editorial boards for journals: Bone and Joint Journal, Bone and Joint Research and The Knee; (4) Member of British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) Committee.
: Ethical approval was obtained to undertake this prospective study (Scotland A Research Ethics Committee 16/SS/0026).
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee (REC) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.