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The Department of Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, Princess Royal Hospital, Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shropshire, United Kingdom; The Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences at Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Sweden. Electronic address: mcarmont@hotmail.com.
Kaiser Permanente, Department of Foot & Ankle Surgery, 3600 Broadway, Clinic 17, Oakland, CA 94611, USA; Kaiser San Francisco Bay Area Foot & Ankle Residency Program, Oakland, CA, USA.
Sports Orthopedic Research Center - Copenhagen (SORC-C), Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager-Hvidovre, Denmark; Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Research-Copenhagen (PMR-C), Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager-Hvidovre, Denmark. Electronic address: maria_swennergren@hotmail.com.
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Research-Copenhagen (PMR-C), Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager-Hvidovre, Denmark; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager-Hvidovre, Denmark. Electronic address: mortentange@hotmail.com.
Sports Orthopedic Research Center - Copenhagen (SORC-C), Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager-Hvidovre, Denmark. Electronic address: per.hoelmich@regionh.dk.
The Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital Mölndal, Institute of Clinical Sciences at Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Göteborgsvägen 31, 431 80, Mölndal, Sweden. elin.ma.larsson@vgregion.se.
The Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital Mölndal, Institute of Clinical Sciences at Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Göteborgsvägen 31, 431 80, Mölndal, Sweden.
Department of Musculoskeletal Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, 84084 Baronissi, Italy.
Clinica Ortopedica, Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona, 84131 Salerno, Italy.
Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Hospital, 275 Bancroft Road, London E1 4DG, UK.
School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University Faculty of Medicine, Thornburrow Drive, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 7QB, UK.
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