New review clarifies the use of FRAX in clinical practice

Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 21:30 in Health & Medicine

FRAX® is a computer-based algorithm 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. Researchers now make recommendations on how to improve FRAX and better inform clinicians using the tool.

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