title: [Is vertebral fracture diagnosed?].
abstract: Vertebral fractures are the most common osteoporotic fractures. Higher morbidity, higher mortality and higher risk of future osteoporotic fractures are associated to them. However, vertebral fractures are largely under-recognized and therefore, a large part of osteoporotic patients remains untreated. An education program which emphasises the importance of vertebral fracture and proposes a detection method applicable in daily practice should improve the diagnosis and the management of osteoporotic patients.
authors.affiliation: Centre collaborateur de I'OMS pour la prevention de l'ostéoporose, Service des maladies osseuses, Département de rehabilitation et gériatrie HUG, 1211 Genève.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Casez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rizzoli
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*