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This preclinical trial is supported by Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development), Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa. The authors are grateful to Joaquim Ferreira from Lisbon Faculty of Medicine for study design; to Susan Smith from Institute of Bone and Joint Research-Northern Sydney Local Health District-Sydney Medical School Northern, Australia, for histological analysis; to Pedro Nunes from Radiology Department of Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte; to Miguel Virgílio for kinematics video recording; and to Joaquim Ângelo and Ermelinda Ângelo for animal logistics control. This study was granted by Portuguese Grunenthal Foundation and by Secção Regional Oeste da Ordem dos Médicos. This publication was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the following projects: UID/Multi/04044/2013 and PTDC/EMS-SIS/7032/2014