Hip fractures were defined according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Canada (ICD-10-CA) as either subcapital fractures (S72.0-S72.091) or intertrochanteric fractures (S72.1-S72.191).
An osteoporotic fracture was defined as either a fracture resulting from a low-impact fall in subjects with clinical osteoporosis, a fall resulting in an investigator-defined osteoporotic fracture, or a fall resulting in a low-trauma fracture.
Debonded specimens were examined under a stereomicroscope (Nikon SMZ 1500, Tokyo, Japan) at ×25 magnification, and failure modes were classified as either cohesive failure (fracture inside the composite resin or underlying material), adhesive failure (fracture within the bonding interface), or mixed failure (a combination of cohesive and adhesive failures) [ 28].
SRE were defined as either a pathological fracture, a bony lesion requiring intervention (surgery or radiotherapy) for pain or prevention of skeletal complications, spinal cord compression or hypercalcaemia of malignancy.
When patients were diagnosed as having either scaphoid fractures or other fractures, the number of days using a cast was similar (Table 4).
Stress fractures are caused by repetitive mechanical stresses and can be largely viewed as either fatigue or insufficiency fractures [6].
All were assessed by the investigators as either unrelated (situational depression, rib fracture, testicular cancer, recurrence of bipolar disorder) or unlikely related (pregnancy with miscarriage) to study treatment or participation.
Fractures will be classified as either traumatic or "low trauma" (osteoporotic) based on World Health Organization criteria; an osteoporotic fracture is defined as a fracture from one's standing height or less.
At the scene of occurrence, the glass may be fractured either as an intentional act or due to accident.
Fractures were classified as either intra-capsular or extra-capsular.
