New IOF-ISCD review clarifies the use of FRAX in clinical practice

Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 11:31 in Health & Medicine

FRAX® is a computer-based algorithm developed by the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases to help predict the 10-year risk of fragility fracture. Now with 34 specific country models, FRAX is being used increasingly by physicians around the world to help assess their patients' fracture risk in the course of a clinical assessment.

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