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- Title
A comprehensive fracture prevention strategy in older adults: The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) statement.
- Authors
Blain, H.; Masud, T.; Dargent-Molina, P.; Martin, F.; Rosendahl, E.; van der Velde, N.; Bousquet, J.; Benetos, A.; Cooper, C.; Kanis, J.; Reginster, J.; Rizzoli, R.; Cortet, B.; Barbagallo, M.; Dreinhöfer, K.; Vellas, B.; Maggi, S.; Strandberg, T.
- Abstract
Prevention of fragility fractures in older people has become a public health priority, although the most appropriate and cost-effective strategy remains unclear. In the present statement, the Interest Group on Falls and Fracture Prevention of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS), in collaboration with the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics for the European Region (IAGG-ER), the European Union of Medical Specialists (EUMS), the International Osteoporosis Foundation - European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis, outlines its views on the main points in the current debate in relation to the primary and secondary prevention of falls, the diagnosis and treatment of bone fragility, and the place of combined falls and fracture liaison services for fracture prevention in older people.
- Subjects
BONE fracture prevention; ELDER care; ACCIDENTAL fall prevention; OSTEOPOROSIS prevention; MEDICAL care for older people; BONE density; OLD age; ECONOMICS; SOCIETIES
- Publication
Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 2016, Vol 20, Issue 6, p647
- ISSN
1279-7707
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12603-016-0741-y