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Received: 7 August 2018

Accepted: 25 February 2019

First Online: 25 March 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The biomechanics portion of the above study was conducted using only de-identified cadaveric specimens and is therefore not considered human subjects research. The study was reported via Human Research Determination Form to the institutional review board (IRB) of the University of Connecticut and it was documented, that no IRB approval was required While this form does not require IRB review, we have confirmed with our IRB that projects conducted in our biomechanics laboratory that utilize de-identified specimens does not constitute human subjects research and therefore no review required. Further the IRB waived the need for consenting the patients/family members of donors.

: No consent for publication was needed, because of the de-identified data.

: The following authors declare that they have no competing interests:JSF, AV, LP, CRD, EO, MPC.The following authors declare that they have competing interests:UnorderedList removedNone of the authors have non-financial competing interests.

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