Objective: To revise and expand the 1996 Osteoporosis Society of Canada clinical practice
guidelines for the management of osteoporosis, incorporating recent advances in diagnosis …

Background Osteoporosis is an abnormal reduction in bone mass and bone deterioration
leading to increased fracture risk. Alendronate belongs to the bisphosphonate class of …

Background: The use of proton pump inhibitors has been associated with an increased risk
of hip fracture. We sought to further explore the relation between duration of exposure to …

Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injury, Second Edition, presents clear, accessible
explanations of the biomechanical principles of injury and how injuries affect the normal …

A comprehensive review of literature was conducted to investigate variation in hip fracture
incident rates around the world. The original crude incidence rates were standardized for …

Our aim was to determine the effect of delay to surgery on the time to discharge, in-hospital
death, the presence of major and minor medical complications and the incidence of …

As the burden of illness associated with hip fracture extends beyond the initial
hospitalization, a longitudinal 1 year cohort study was used to analyze levels of health …

Background: Although mass screening for osteoporosis is not recommended among
postmenopausal women, there is no consensus on which women should undergo testing for …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the incidence and epidemiological characteristics of hip fracture
(HF) in patients aged 65 years or over in the various autonomous regions (AR) of Spain from …

ContextIt is widely believed that fractures resulting from high trauma are not osteoporotic;
however, this assumption has not been studied prospectively. ObjectiveTo examine the …