This classification system is an adaptation of previous models of hip and knee surface damage.
Use of these functional outcome measures in research models of hip osteoarthritis may result in improved predictive validity compared to other models previously used for evaluation of different therapeutic approaches.
However, current animal models of hip osteoarthritis have not been assessed using many of the functional outcome measures used in orthopaedics, a characteristic that could increase their utility in the evaluation of therapeutic interventions.
If worn, certain models of hip protectors are highly effective at preventing hip fractures from falls in residents of long-term care, but modest acceptance and adherence have limited the effectiveness of hip protectors.
In this study, we wanted to test different models of hip protectors, in vitro, to determine what happens to their protective properties after multiple impacts (simulated falls).
Table 2 summarises the results of models of hip fracture risk in the subset of 173,113 individuals who were evaluable for cumulative exposure to all four glucose-lowering drug classes.
