Cartilage samples were collected from hip or knee joint replacement patients either due to primary OA or hip fractures as controls.
Femoral epiphyses were consecutively collected during hip replacement surgery due to proximal femur fragility fracture.
Synovial tissue samples from patients with AS (n = 10, 3 female, 28 to 54 years old, mean 35) were collected during hip joint replacement surgery.
The Digitaria seeds did not germinate so live plants were collected from HIP, planted in potting soil and sand mix for 3 weeks after which small offshoots were harvested for use in the experiment.
Seedlings of Sporobolus were germinated from seeds collected in HiP and grown in growth chambers for 3 6 weeks before planting, ranging in longest leaf length from 60 to 107 mm.
Cartilage tissue was collected from the hip joints of patients undergoing hip replacement surgery because of primary hip OA (n = 23) or fracture of the femoral neck (n = 21).
Material included 34 samples of joint capsule and 34 femoral head ligaments, collected during open hip joint reduction from 19 children with CP, GMFCS level V and from 15 children with DDH and unilateral hip dislocation.
Clinical and demographic data were collected prospectively for hip fracture patients who were on warfarin at the time of admission (post-protocol group) and compared to a historical control group of patients who were on warfarin before implementation of the protocol (pre-protocol group).
EMG data was not collected on the hip flexors.
EMG data was not collected on the hip adductor muscles.
