Bone mineral density is considered to be the standard measure for the diagnosis of osteoporosis and the assessment of fracture risk. The majority of fragility fractures occur in patients with bone mineral density in the osteopenic range. The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) can be used as an assessment modality for the prediction of fractures on the basis of clinical risk factors, with or w...

BACKGROUND Dementia, with Alzheimer's disease (AD) being the most common form, is a major hip fracture risk factor, but currently it is not known whether the same factors predict hip fracture among persons with and without dementia/AD. We compared the predictors of hip fracture and mortality after hip fracture in persons with and without AD. METHODS An exposure-matched cohort of all community...

BACKGROUND Simple tools are needed to identify patients at high risk of fracture. AIM To develop a simple clinical tool for assessing 5-year risk of fracture. DESIGN Cohort study. METHODS The study population consisted of all women aged 50+ included in the THIN Research Database (containing computerized medical records of UK general practices). Using Cox proportional hazards models, a ris...

s: The objective of this meta-analysis was to determine the incidence and identify risk factors associated with heterotopic ossification after elbow trauma. CNKI, Embase, Medline, and Cochrane central database were searched using a broad range of terms to identify original research, published all through August 2015 and identified potentially studies. Qualified studies had to meet the quality a...