Over the past century, the world has seen unprecedented declines in mortality rates, leading
to an accelerated increase in the world population. This century will realise falling fertility …

Complaints regarding, and morbidity of, osteoporosis are caused by fractures which are
associated with pain and decrease of physical function, social function, and well-being …

We prospectively examined, in a large cohort of older women, the proportion of incident
radiographic vertebral deformities diagnosed as incident clinical vertebral fractures in the …

Study Design. Prospective, double-cohort study. Objective. To evaluate conservative and
percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) management of osteoporotic vertebral fractures. Summary …

Using prospective data from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos), we
compared health utilities index (HUI) scores after 5 years of follow-up among participants …

We investigated the pre-operative and one-year post-operative health-related quality of life
(HRQoL) outcome by using a Euroqol (EQ-5D) questionnaire in 230 patients who underwent …

Study Design. Prospective, single-arm interventional cohort. Objective. To evaluate the
safety and effectiveness of balloon kyphoplasty to treat symptomatic vertebral body …

The quality of life during the first 4 months after fracture was estimated in 2,808 fractured
patients from 11 countries. Analysis showed that there were significant differences in the …

This consensus article reviews the various aspects of the non-pharmacological
management of osteoporosis, including the effects of nutriments, physical exercise, lifestyle …

Background and purpose Population data on mortality and life expectancy are generally
available for most countries. However, no longitudinal data based on the health-related …