TY - JOUR
T1 - A Comprehensive Fracture Prevention Strategy in Older Adults: The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) Statement
AU - Blain, H.
AU - Masud, T.
AU - Dargent-Molina, P.
AU - Martin, F. C.
AU - Rosendahl, E.
AU - van der Velde, N.
AU - Bousquet, J.
AU - Benetos, A.
AU - Cooper, C.
AU - Kanis, J. A.
AU - Reginster, J. Y.
AU - Rizzoli, R.
AU - Cortet, B.
AU - Barbagallo, M.
AU - Dreinhöfer, K. E.
AU - Vellas, B.
AU - Maggi, S.
AU - Strandberg, T.
AU - AUTHOR GROUP
AU - Neira Alvarez, Marta
AU - Annweiler, Cedric
AU - Bernard, Pierre Louis
AU - Beswetherick, Natalie
AU - Bischoff-Ferrari, Heike A.
AU - Bloch, Frédéric
AU - Boddaert, Jacques
AU - Bonnefoy, Marc
AU - Bourdel-Marchasson, Isabelle
AU - Capisizu, Ana
AU - Che, Hélène
AU - Gorjão Clara, João
AU - Combe, Bernard
AU - Delignieres, Didier
AU - Eklund, Patrik
AU - Emmelot-Vonk, Marielle
AU - Freiberger, Ellen
AU - Gauvain, Jean-Bernard
AU - Goswami, Nandu
AU - Guldemond, Nick
AU - Casas Herrero, Álvaro
AU - Joël, Marie-Eve
AU - Björg, Anna
AU - Kemoun, Gilles
AU - Kiss, Istvan
AU - Kolk, Helgi
AU - Kowalski, Marek L.
AU - Krajcík, Štefan
AU - Kutsal, Yesim Gökçe
AU - Lauretani, Fulvio
AU - Macijauskienė, Jūratė
AU - Mellingsæter, Marte
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - 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
AB - 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
U2 - 10.1007/s12603-016-0741-y
DO - 10.1007/s12603-016-0741-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 27273355
SN - 1279-7707
VL - 20
SP - 647
EP - 652
JO - journal of nutrition, health & aging
JF - journal of nutrition, health & aging
IS - 6
ER -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being