Shoulders, along with hips and wrist, are the most common locations of fragility fractures. In our consumer health series, Vital Signs: Fragility fractures. Fall from a standing height or less and ...

Matt Costa, Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma at the University of Oxford and President elect of the Fragility Fracture Network (FFN), explains the need for global action to provide better care for ...

Dr. Warren Butterfield, MD, orthopedic surgeon and director of orthopedic trauma at Dixie Regional Medical Center, recently answered questions about the prevention and treatment of fragility fractures ...

Should healthy people be screened to help reduce their risk of fragility fractures? A new interactive online Fragility Fracture Decision Aid for shared decision-making can help clinicians and patients ...

There is minimal previous research involving long-term excess mortality following fragility non-hip fractures. A nationwide registry-based follow-up study aimed to determine which fracture was ...

This interesting study shows that the incidence of more rare femoral fractures such as subtrochanteric fractures was stable from 1996 to 2006, although the overall incidence of hip fracture is ...

A group of clinician experts in Canada has published a new interactive online tool designed to help clinicians assess individual patient risk of fragility fractures and weigh the pluses and minuses of ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey ...

A woman, aged 58 years, suffered a fragility fracture when she slipped and fell on the ice, breaking her distal radius. By definition, this fracture classifies her as having osteoporosis. However, the ...

Keep moving: KPJ Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital Physiotherapists attending to a patient using parallel bars to assist with ambulation. — RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star PETALING JAYA: Fragility hip ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Severe mental illness may be associated with decreased bone mineral density, fragility fractures and ...