Osteoporosis risk and prediction of fracture
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Ortho on Thu, 06 Feb 2014
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Bone mineral density (BMD) and clinical risk factors may be combined to provide a better estimate of fracture risk than BMD or clinical risk factors alone.Fracture prediction using Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX)The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) estimates the 10-year probability of hip fracture and major osteoporotic fracture for an untreated patient (40 to 90 years of age) using femoral neck BMD (g/cm2) and easily obtainable clinical risk factors for fracture. FRAX is calibrat...
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