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Assessment of Bone Fracture Healing Using Micro-Computed Tomography
Published on: December 9, 2022
[Fracture risk assessment tool]
1Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Department of Clinical Studies.
Abstract:
World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed the use of 10-year absolute risk for fracture (calculated based on incidence and life span) using clinical risk factors as new intervention thresholds. Eight risk factors to be included in the fracture assessment risk tool are age, bone mineral density or body mass index (BMI) when bone density is not available, steroid use, parental history of femoral neck fracture, history of osteoporotic fracture, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and rheumatoid arthritis. WHO has proposed that a treatment-intervention threshold be established in accordance with the medical situation in each country.
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