A new, user-friendly platform for the freely available online FRAX® calculator now hosts the beta version of FRAXplus®, an optional extra that illustrates how fragility fracture risk ...
May 09, 2023
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Epidemiology and Quality of Life Working Group has reviewed the potential role of population screening for high hip fracture risk against well-established criteria. The multinational ...
June 28, 2022
Los cálculos de riesgo de fractura FRAX disminuyeron en un 58% solo en abril de 2020. Se estima que, en un período de 3 meses, más de 0,5 millones de ...
October 19, 2020
A new study published prior to World Osteoporosis Day finds that the COVID-19 pandemic, which has severely affected management of non-communicable diseases, is markedly impacting the management of osteoporosis as ...
October 19, 2020
The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX®) is a widely used calculation tool that integrates clinical information in a quantitative manner to predict a 10-year probability of major osteoporotic fracture for ...
September 09, 2020
A prior fracture is a well-documented risk factor for future fracture, with the risk highest in the two years following the sentinel fracture and subsequently declining with time. This early ...
July 27, 2020
The fracture risk assessment tool, FRAX®, released in 2008, provides country-specific algorithms for estimating individualized 10-year probability of hip and major osteoporotic fracture (hip, clinical spine, distal forearm, and proximal ...
March 02, 2020