An Update on the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool: What Have We Learned over 15+ years?

• Dickens, Laura T. ^[1] ; Rajesh K., Jain ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Chicago

     University of Chicago

     City of Chicago, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America, ISSN 0889-8529, Vol. 53, Nº. 4, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Updates on Osteoporosis Diagnosis and Therapy), págs. 531-545
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Since its release in 2008, FRAX has become a fundamental tool for assessing fracture risk and has been incorporated into treatment guidelines and clinical practice worldwide. Although studies have validated the use of FRAX in general and in specific disease states, there are multiple fracture risk factors that are not included or incompletely captured by the current version of FRAX. Modifications to FRAX risk have been suggested to account for these factors using upward or downward adjustments...