Shifting the focus in fracture prevention from osteoporosis to falls

Teppo L N Järvinen; Harri Sievänen; Karim M Khan; Ari Heinonen; Pekka Kannus

doi:10.1136/bmj.39428.470752.AD

Shifting the focus in fracture prevention from osteoporosis to falls

BMJ. 2008 Jan 19;336(7636):124-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39428.470752.AD.

Authors

Teppo L N Järvinen¹, Harri Sievänen, Karim M Khan, Ari Heinonen, Pekka Kannus

Affiliation

¹ Division of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of Trauma, Musculoskeletal Surgery and Rehabilitation, Tampere University Hospital, 33 520 Tampere, Finland. teppo.jarvinen@uta.fi

Abstract

Preventing fractures in older people is important. But Teppo Järvinen and colleagues believe that we should be putting our efforts into stopping falls not treating low bone mineral density

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Accidental Falls / economics
Accidental Falls / prevention & control*
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bone Density / physiology
Bone Density Conservation Agents / economics
Bone Density Conservation Agents / therapeutic use*
Diphosphonates / economics
Diphosphonates / therapeutic use
Family Practice / economics
Female
Hip Fractures / economics
Hip Fractures / etiology
Hip Fractures / prevention & control*
Humans
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / complications*
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / economics
Risk Factors

Substances

Bone Density Conservation Agents
Diphosphonates