Despite the risk of subsequent fractures in patients with osteoporosis, only approximately 20% of patients nationally receive the appropriate evaluation and treatment following a fragility fracture. A ...
If youve had one osteoporosis-related fracture, youre also at risk for another and may continue to be at risk for at least a few years. A fracture related to osteoporosis should not be viewed as an ...
Patients with proximal humerus fractures demonstrated substantially higher mortality rates than their matched control individuals from the general population over a 2-year period, with the highest ...
Every ~20 seconds in the U.S a woman aged 50 or older suffers a fracture. 1 These fractures result in higher rates of hospitalization than heart attack, stroke, or breast cancer, while having ...
According to a study by Professor Lim Jae-young of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (Professor Lim Seung-kyu of the Department of Rehabilitation ...