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Fracture risk following high-trauma versus low-trauma fracture: a registry-based cohort study.

William D LeslieJ T SchousboeS N MorinP MartineauL M LixH JohanssonE V McCloskeyN C HarveyJohn A Kanis
Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2020)
High-trauma and low-trauma fractures showed similar relationships with low BMD and future fracture risk. This supports the inclusion of high-trauma fractures in clinical assessment for underlying osteoporosis and in the evaluation for intervention to reduce future fracture risk.
Keyphrases
  • trauma patients
  • randomized controlled trial
  • hip fracture
  • current status
  • postmenopausal women