Vertebral fracture: epidemiology, impact and use of DXA vertebral fracture assessment in fracture liaison services

Summary Vertebral fractures are independent risk factors for vertebral and nonvertebral fractures. Since vertebral fractures are often missed, the relatively new introduction of vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) for imaging of the lateral spine during DXA-measurement of the spine and hips may cont...

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Published in:Osteoporosis international 2021-03, Vol.32 (3), p.399-411
Main Authors: Lems, W. F., Paccou, J., Zhang, J., Fuggle, N. R., Chandran, M., Harvey, N. C., Cooper, C., Javaid, K., Ferrari, S., Akesson, K. E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorptiometry, Photon
Aged
Bone Density
Bone mineral density
Clinical Medicine
Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry
Endocrinology
Epidemiology
Fractures
Hip
Humans
Klinisk medicin
Life Sciences
Medical and Health Sciences
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Older people
Orthopaedics
Orthopedics
Ortopedi
Osteoporosis
Osteoporotic Fractures - diagnostic imaging
Osteoporotic Fractures - epidemiology
Osteoporotic Fractures - etiology
Patients
Position Paper
Rheumatology
Risk assessment
Risk factors
Spinal Fractures - diagnostic imaging
Spinal Fractures - epidemiology
Spinal Fractures - etiology
Spine (lumbar)
Trauma
Vertebrae
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