**Author details**

Kostas Gianikellis1 , Andreas Skiadopoulos2 , Rafael Gutiérrez Horrillo1 , Miguel Rodal1 \*, Juan Alberto Sánchez-Margallo3 and Francisco M. Sánchez-Margallo3

1 BioẼrgon Research Group, Biomechanics of Human Movement and Ergonomics Lab, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

2 Department of Biomechanics and Center for Research in Human Movement Variability, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA

3 Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Cáceres, Spain

\*Address all correspondence to: mrodal@unex.es

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