Future Fracture Risk in Upper Extremity Fracture and Non-Fracture Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Upper extremity (UE) fragility fractures are common and strong predictors of subsequent fractures. To investigate the relative importance of an UE fragility fracture in determining future fracture risk, we conducted a cross-sectional study to compare future fracture risk between patients presenting for osteoporosis evaluation after an UE fragility fracture and a similarly aged cohort of patients without an UE fracture.

Methods

In all, 129 UE fracture patients seen in our bone health clinic (BHC) and 114 non-fracture UE fracture patients seen in an UE clinic completed clinic intake surveys assessing for fracture risk factors. Prefracture fracture risk (PFFR) and fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX) scores estimated the future fracture risks at the timepoint before

SUBMITTER: Seyok T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10798202 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature