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- Title
An overview of osteoporosis and frailty in the elderly.
- Authors
Guowei Li; Thabane, Lehana; Papaioannou, Alexandra; Ioannidis, George; Levine, Mitchell A. H.; Adachi, Jonathan D.; Li, Guowei
- Abstract
Osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures remain significant public health challenges worldwide. Recently the concept of frailty in relation to osteoporosis in the elderly has been increasingly accepted, with emerging studies measuring frailty as a predictor of osteoporotic fractures. In this overview, we reviewed the relationship between frailty and osteoporosis, described the approaches to measuring the grades of frailty, and presented current studies and future research directions investigating osteoporosis and frailty in the elderly. It is concluded that measuring the grades of frailty in the elderly could assist in the assessment, management and decision-making for osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures at a clinical research level and at a health care policy level.
- Subjects
OSTEOPOROSIS diagnosis; FRAGILITY (Psychology); GERIATRICS; AGE factors in disease; HEALTH of older people
- Publication
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2017, Vol 18, p1
- ISSN
1471-2474
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12891-017-1403-x