FRAX®, launched by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases in 2008, calculates 10-year probability of osteoporotic fracture based on scientifically validated clinical risk factors ...

A new, user-friendly platform for the freely available online FRAX ® calculator now hosts the beta version of FRAXplus ®, an optional extra that illustrates how fragility fracture risk probabilities ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX), recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) to identify younger postmenopausal women at risk for osteoporosis, ...

FRAX® has been incorporated into many national and international guidelines for osteoporosis management. The online tool alone has processed over 9 million calculations. Fractures secondary to ...

Despite its ability to significantly improve risk assessment for osteoporosis, the World Health Organization's Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) has widely varying usage around the world, according ...

Today, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases at the University of Sheffield, UK announced the launch of a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The World Health Organization (WHO) Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) is now easily accessible via iPhone, ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Variables added to adjust the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool for recent fractures overestimated risk in a cohort ...

Although the presence of osteoporosis, on average, predicts future fractures at the population level, accumulating evidence indicates that both the identification of fracture-prone individuals and the ...