Osteoporosis: the fracture cascade must be stopped
EDITORIAL
- Don’t drop the guard: osteoporosis is still a fatal disease!
L’ostéoporose demeure une maladie fatale : la vigilance reste de mise
J. Y. Reginster, Belgique
THEMED ARTICLES
- Epidemiology of secondary fractures
B. Cortet, France - Osteoporotic fragility fractures: why the care gap?
L. M. March, Australia - Fracture consolidation and osteoporosis
J. M. Féron,, France - Growing in age and numbers: how can we best manage the elderly with osteoporosis?
F. C. Santos, Brazil - “Ossa sanus in corpore sano”—A sound bone in a sound body: the importance of nutrition, physical activity, and nonpharmacological management in osteoporosis
A. Gómez-Cabello, I. Ara, A. González-Agüero, J. A. Casajús, G. Vicente-Rodríguez, Spain - Osteoporosis is also a male disease
J. M. Kaufman, S. Goemaere, Belgique - Capture the Fracture: an IOF initiative to break the cycle of fragility fracture
K. Åkesson , Sweden - Secondary fracture prevention is good, avoiding the first fracture, better still
M. L. Brandi, Italy - How can we convince osteoporotic patients to take their treatment?s
S. Lipschitz, South Africa
CONTROVERSIAL QUESTION
- Is there any difference between primary and secondary prevention for patients with osteoporosis?
J. R. Caeiro Rey, Spain – H. Canhão, Portugal – A. El Garf, Egypt – O. Ershova, Russia – T. S. Fu, Taiwan – D. Grigorie, Romania – J. Li-Yu, Philippines – M. O’Brien, Ireland – V. Povoroznyuk, Ukraine – S. Rojanasthien, Thailand – E. Rudenka, Belarus – G. Singh, Malaysia – B. Stolnicki, Brazil
INTERVIEW
- Fracture liaison services and secondary fracture preventiont »
R. Rizzoli, T. Chevalley, Switzerland
FOCUS
- Complicated fractures: how should one deal with them?
D. N. Alegre, Portugal
UPDATE
- The bone-fat connection: A Very Bad Trip
G. Duque, Australia
A TOUCH OF FRANCE
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A. Hurel, France