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A comprehensive fracture prevention strategy in older adults : The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) statement

Blain, H; Masud, T; Dargent-Molina, P; Martin, F. C; Rosendahl, E; van der Velde, N; Bousquet, J; Benetos, A; Cooper, C; Kanis, J. A; Reginster, J. Y; Rizzoli, R; Cortet, B; Barbagallo, M; Dreinhofer, K. E; Vellas, B; Maggi, S; Strandberg, T; EUGMS Falls Fracture Interest Grp; Int Assoc Gerontology Geriatri; European Union Med Specialists EUM; Fragility Fracture Network FFN; European Soc Clinical Econ Aspects; Int Osteoporosis Fdn IOF

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Abstract

Published also in Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, Vol.28, No.4, WOS: 000379034800030 ; 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. ; Peer reviewed

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