Assessment of fracture risk.
Osteoporosis-related fractures are associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and health care expenditure worldwide. The low sensitivity of bone density testing alone to predict fractures has led to the development of a variety of fracture assessment tools that use the combination of bone density and clinical risk factors to improve the prediction of low-trauma fractures. These fracture assessment tools quantitatively predict the 10-year probability of hip and major osteoporosis-related fractures, and can be used with various intervention strategies to effectively intervene with cost-effective therapies to prevent future fractures.
Division of Endocrinology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1400 NW 10th Avenue, Dominion Towers, Suite 809, Miami, FL 33136, USA. sbaim@med.miami.edu
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D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000379:methods*; D000465:Algorithms; D015519:Bone Density; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors