Osteoporosis is the most common chronic metabolic bone disease. It has been estimated
that more than 10 million people in the United States and 200 million men and women …

Background The association between obesity and fracture risk may be skeletal site-and sex-
specific but results among studies are inconsistent. Whilst several studies reported higher …

Vertebral fractures are one of the most common fractures associated with skeletal fragility
and can cause as much morbidity as hip fractures. However, the epidemiology of vertebral …

Targeted exercise training could reduce risk factors for fracture and obesity-related diseases
that increase from breast cancer treatment, but has not been sufficiently tested. We …

The rates of incident osteoporotic fractures seem to be stabilizing; however, fragility fractures
are still associated with considerable disability, costs and an increased risk of mortality …

Musculoskeletal disorders affect morbidity, quality of life and mortality, and represent an
increasing economic and societal burden in the context of population aging and increased …

Introduction The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 estimated the worldwide health
burden of 291 diseases and injuries and 67 risk factors by calculating disability-adjusted life …

Importance Previous studies have reported that drug treatments, particularly treatment with
bisphosphonates, is associated with reduced overall mortality rates in addition to decreased …

Background Recent studies are lacking reports on mortality after non-hip fractures in adults
aged> 65. Methods This retrospective, matched-cohort study used de-identified health …

Using a matched cohort design, we estimated the mean direct attributable cost in the first
year after hip fracture in Ontario to be 36,929amongwomenand 39,479 among men. These …