Background: Fragility fractures resulting from osteoporosis are common injuries. However,
the identification and treatment of osteoporosis in these high-risk patients are widely reported …

Background: The orthopaedic unit at a university teaching hospital hired an osteoporosis
coordinator to identify patients with a fragility fracture and to coordinate their education, …

Background Patients' values and preferences are fundamental tenets of evidence-based
practice, yet current osteoporosis (OP) clinical guidelines pay little attention to these issues in …

Objective: Identification and treatment of osteoporosis in the fragility fracture population and
interventions to reduce the risk of future fracture are improving in orthopaedic practice. This …

Background: Fracture liaison services focus on secondary fracture prevention by identifying
patients at risk for future fracture and initiating appropriate evaluation, risk assessment, …

Coordinator-based osteoporosis (OP) screening programs for fragility-fracture patients in
orthopedic environments improve rates of OP testing and care, but there are still gaps in care. …

… Elliot-Gibson is supported by unrestricted research grants from Merck Frosst Canada Inc. …
Maetzel A, Sander B, Elliot-Gibson VIM, et al. Targeting fragility fractures in an orthopaedic …

We examined patients’ self-management of bone health and fracture risk, particularly
behaviors other than medication use and seeking diagnostic testing. Awareness of fracture risk …

We conducted a phenomenological qualitative study to examine fracture patients’ interpretations
of their most recent bone densitometry results and perceptions of their current bone …

Objective. To examine the level of agreement between 2 fracture risk assessment tools [Canadian
Association of Radiologists and Osteoporosis Canada (CAROC) and Canadian …