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Fussnoten

1 HKF – Internationales Zentrum für Hüft-, Knie- und Fußchirurgie, ATOS Klinik Heidelberg

2 Labor für Biomechanik und Biomaterialien der Orthopädischen Klinik der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover (MHH)