Background Vitamin D and related compounds have been used to prevent osteoporotic
fractures in older people. This is the third update of a Cochrane review first published in …

Bone mass declines and the risk of fractures increases as people age, especially as women
pass through the menopause. Hip fractures, the most serious outcome of osteoporosis, are …

Objective: To determine the ability of measurements of bone density in women to predict
later fractures. Design: Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies published between 1985 …

The still‐evolving mechanostat hypothesis for bones inserts tissue‐level realities into the
former knowledge gap between bone's organ‐level and cell‐level realities. It concerns load …

This second edition of the Bone Mechanics Handbook summarizes the current
understanding of bone mechanics with comprehensive coverage of the histology …

Osteoporosis is one of the major problems facing women and older people of both sexes.
The morbid event in osteoporosis is fracture. However, the definition of osteoporosis should …

Injuries resulting from falls in elderly people are a major public-health concern, representing
one of the main causes of longstanding pain, functional impairment, disability, and death in …

Most estimates of osteoporosis in older US adults have been based on its occurrence in
white women, even though it is known to affect men and minority women. In the present …

BACKGROUND: Serious fall injury represents a little studied, yet common and potentially
preventable, cause of morbidity and mortality among older persons. We determined the …

We sought to determine current trends in the number of fall-related and osteoporosis-related
proximal humeral fractures in elderly Finns during last three decades. We collected data …