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Working Groups

Fracture

Members

Chair: K Åkesson, K Javaid

Members: A Anastasilakis, R Blank, ML Brandi, D Chan, M Chandran, T Chevalley, C Cooper, P Fardellone, S Goemaere, J Fernandes, N Harvey, G Holzer, W Lems, M Lewiecki, GP Lyritis, P Makras, N Napoli, J Paccou, S Silverman, M Sosa, T Thomas

Aim

To integrate orthopaedic and medical aspects of treatment and proposing projects which aim to improve standard of care and primary management of fracture patients suffering from osteoporosis.

Objectives

  • Understand the effect of osteoporotic fracture treatment on bone healing.
  • Review and promote the best clinical practices in the management of osteoporotic fracture patients within the international orthopaedic community.
  • Develop synergic collaborations (clinical pathways) between orthopaedics and allied health professionals to prevent subsequent fractures.

Projects

  • Review on fracture healing
  • Current best management of pelvic fractures 

Publications

  1. Lems, W.F., et al.,Vertebral fracture: epidemiology, impact and use of DXA vertebral fracture assessment in fracture liaison services. Osteoporos Int 32, 399–411 (2021).
  2. Silverman, S. et al., Fracture healing: a consensus report from the International Osteoporosis Foundation Fracture Working Group Osteoporos Int. 2016;27(7):2197-2206.  
  3. Javaid, M.K., et al., Effective secondary fracture prevention: implementation of a global benchmarking of clinical quality using the IOF Capture the Fracture® Best Practice Framework tool. Osteoporos Int, 2015. 26(11): p. 2573-8.
  4. Akesson, K., et al., Capture the Fracture®: a Best Practice Framework and global campaign to break the fragility fracture cycle. Osteoporos Int, 2013. 24(8): p. 2135-52.
  5. Marsh, D., et al., Coordinator-based systems for secondary prevention in fragility fracture patients. Osteoporos Int, 2011. 22(7): p. 2051-65.
  6. Boonen, S., et al., Balloon kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty in the management of vertebral compression fractures. Osteoporos Int, 2011. 22(12): p. 2915-34.
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