Where now with NICE?
Evaluation of bone scaffolds by ...
This paper reviews the possibilities offered by X-ray micro-CT in bone tissue engineering. This technique provides a fast, nondestructive, and 3D qu ...
New knowledge on critical osteo ...
Functional, biochemical and genetic studies have over the past decade identified many causative genes in the osteoclast diseases osteopetrosis and P ...
Spine–hip discordance and fract ...
Summary The FRAX® tool estimates a 10-year probability of fracture based upon multiple clinical risk factors and an optional bone mineral density (B ...
BMI change is associated with f ...
Summary Few studies have examined the association between body mass index (BMI) change and fracture in a general population. We observed that BMI lo ...
Subtrochanteric fractures after ...
Summary This paper reviews the evidence for an association between atypical subtrochanteric fractures and longterm bisphosphonate use. Clinical case ...
Secular trends in the incidence ...
Osteoporosis constitutes a major public health problem through its association with age-related fractures, most notably those of the proximal femur. ...
Potential negative cardiovascul ...
Calcium supplements have been used for decades in the prevention and, as an adjuvant, for treatment of osteoporosis because low calcium intakes are ...
Breaking the fragility fracture ...
Fracture begets fracture. This phenomenon has been wellcharacterised in many prospective studies and summarised by meta-analyses [1, 2]; a prior fra ...
A review of patient-centred pos ...
The purpose of this literature review is to determine whether and to what extent current post-fracture osteoporosis interventions utilize theories o ...
Interpretation and use of FRAX ...
Summary The introduction of the WHO FRAX® algorithms has facilitated the assessment of fracture risk on the basis of fracture probability. Its use i ...
Oral bisphosphonate compliance ...
Compliance to oral bisphosphonates is suboptimal, with negative consequences of increased healthcare utilization and less effective fracture risk re ...
Markers of bone turnover for th ...
Summary The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) recomm ...
Efficacy, side effects and rout ...
The purposes of the study were to review available published literature on magnitude of non-adherence with osteoporosis regimens and to determine th ...
Where now with NICE?
The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) is the agency in the UK, charged with the task of appraising Novel Health Technologies. Since i ...
Exercise prescription after fra ...
The purpose of this study is to identify and chart research literature on safety, efficacy, or effectiveness of exercise prescription following frac ...
Cardiovascular effects of calci ...
Trials in normal older women and in patients with renal impairment suggest that calcium supplements increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. To ...
Coordinator-based systems for s ...
The underlying causes of incident fractures— bone fragility and the tendency to fall—remain underdiagnosed and under-treated. This care gap in secon ...
High incidence of vertebral and ...
Summary A 5-year follow-up study was performed in female RA patients with established disease looking at vertebral fractures, scored on spinal X-ray ...
Failure to perceive increased r ...
Summary We compared self-perception of fracture risk with actual risk among 60,393 postmenopausal women aged .55 years, using data from the Global L ...
Osteoporosis in inflammatory jo ...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are two inflammatory joint diseases characterized by bone complications including osteopor ...
Effects of therapeutic exercise ...
Summary A systematic literature review was conducted and revealed nine studies investigating the effects of therapeutic exercise for persons with os ...
Prevalence of vitamin D deficie ...
Summary Vitamin D status of nonwestern immigrants in Europe was poor. Vitamin D status of nonwestern populations in their countries of origin varied ...
Does birthweight predict bone m ...
Summary This systematic review and meta-analysis assessed the strength and magnitude of the association between birthweight and adult bone mass. Hig ...
How strontium ranelate, via opp ...
Oestrogen deficiency increases the rate of bone remodelling which, in association with a negative remodelling balance (resorption exceeding formatio ...
Systematic review on interventi ...
This study aims to determine osteoporosis (OP) investigation and treatment within post-fracture initiatives conducted in fracture clinics and other ...