Epidemiology of distal radius fractures and factors predicting risk and prognosis

NJ MacIntyre, N Dewan - Journal of Hand Therapy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Study design Literature Review. Introduction For optimal Distal Radius Fracture
(DRF) rehabilitation and fracture prevention, it is important to understand the epidemiology …

Practice patterns in the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis after a fragility fracture: a systematic review

V Elliot-Gibson, ER Bogoch, SA Jamal… - Osteoporosis …, 2004 - Springer
Fragility fractures are a strong indicator of underlying osteoporosis (OP). With the risk of
future fracture being increased 1.5-to 9.5-fold following a fragility fracture, the diagnosis and …

Cost-effective osteoporosis treatment thresholds: the United States perspective

ANA Tosteson, LJ Melton, B Dawson-Hughes… - Osteoporosis …, 2008 - Springer
A United States-specific cost-effectiveness analysis, which incorporated the cost and health
consequences of clinical fractures of the hip, spine, forearm, shoulder, rib, pelvis and lower …

Development of a nomogram for individualizing hip fracture risk in men and women

ND Nguyen, SA Frost, JR Center, JA Eisman… - Osteoporosis …, 2007 - Springer
Until now there has been no published prognostic tool available for predicting of hip fracture
to primary care settings. We have developed a nomogram for predicting the absolute risk of …

Economic impact and cost-effectiveness of fracture liaison services: a systematic review of the literature

CH Wu, IJ Kao, WC Hung, SC Lin, HC Liu… - Osteoporosis …, 2018 - Springer
Fracture liaison services (FLS), implemented in different ways and countries, are reported to
be a cost-effective or even a cost-saving secondary fracture prevention strategy. This …

Effective initiation of osteoporosis diagnosis and treatment for patients with a fragility fracture in an orthopaedic environment

ER Bogoch, V Elliot-Gibson, DE Beaton, SA Jamal… - JBJS, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Background: Fragility fractures resulting from osteoporosis are common injuries. However,
the identification and treatment of osteoporosis in these high-risk patients are widely …

Epidemiology of distal radius fractures in a geographically defined adult population

ERB Stirling, NA Johnson… - Journal of Hand Surgery …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Distal radial fractures are the most common adult orthopaedic fracture. We sought to
determine whether the incidence of this injury is changing and identify trends in its …

Vertebral fracture assessment: the 2007 ISCD official positions

JT Schousboe, T Vokes, SB Broy, L Ferrar… - Journal of Clinical …, 2008 - Elsevier
Vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) is an established, low radiation method for detection of
prevalent vertebral fractures. Vertebral fractures are usually not recognized clinically at the …

Prediction of survival, second fracture, and functional recovery following the first hip fracture surgery in elderly patients

SM Kim, YW Moon, SJ Lim, BK Yoon, YK Min, DY Lee… - Bone, 2012 - Elsevier
This study was designed to investigate predictable factors of mortality, second fracture, and
functional recovery within 24months of hip fracture surgery in elderly patients. In addition …

Comparing three machine learning approaches to design a risk assessment tool for future fractures: predicting a subsequent major osteoporotic fracture in fracture …

BCS De Vries, JH Hegeman, W Nijmeijer… - Osteoporosis …, 2021 - Springer
Four machine learning models were developed and compared to predict the risk of a future
major osteoporotic fracture (MOF), defined as hip, wrist, spine and humerus fractures, in …