A comprehensive fracture prevention strategy in older adults: The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) statement

H. Blain (1, 2, 3) , T. Masud (4) , P. Dargent-Molina (5) , F.C. Martin (6) , E. Rosendahl (7) , N. van Der Velde (8) , J. Bousquet (9, 10, 3) , A. Benetos (11, 12, 13) , C. Cooper (14, 15) , J. Kanis (16) , J. Reginster (17) , R. Rizzoli (18) , B. Cortet (19) , M. Barbagallo (20) , K. Dreinhöfer (21) , B. Vellas (22) , S. Maggi (23) , T. Strandberg (24) , Eugms Falls And Fracture Interest Group , European Society For Clinical And Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis And Osteoarthritis (esceo) , Osteoporosis Research And Information Group (grio) , International Osteoporosis Foundation (iof)

1 CHRU Montpellier - Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier]
2 EuroMov - Euromov
3 MACVIA-LR - Contre les MAladies Chroniques pour un VIeillissement Actif en Languedoc-Roussillon
4 NUH - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
5 CRESS - U1153 - Equipe 6 : ORCHAD - Origines précoces de la santé du développement de l'enfant
6 Department of Ageing and Health
7 Umeå University, Sweden
8 AMC - Academic Medical Center - Academisch Medisch Centrum [Amsterdam]
9 Département pneumologie et addictologie [Montpellier]
10 CESP - Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations
11 CHRU Nancy - Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy
12 DCAC - Défaillance Cardiovasculaire Aiguë et Chronique
13 CIC - Centre d'investigation clinique [Nancy]
14 University of Southampton
15 University of Oxford
16 University of Sheffield [Sheffield]
17 Université de Liège
18 HUG - Geneva University Hospital
19 Hôpital Roger Salengro [Lille]
20 Università degli studi di Palermo - University of Palermo
21 Charité - UniversitätsMedizin = Charité - University Hospital [Berlin]
22 CHU Toulouse - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse
23 Unipd - Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua
24 Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki

Prevention of fragility fractures in older people has become a public health priority, although the most appropriate and cost-effective strategy remains unclear. In the present statement, the Interest Group on Falls and Fracture Prevention of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS), in collaboration with the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics for the European Region (IAGG-ER), the European Union of Medical Specialists (EUMS), the International Osteoporosis Foundation - European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis, outlines its views on the main points in the current debate in relation to the primary and secondary prevention of falls, the diagnosis and treatment of bone fragility, and the place of combined falls and fracture liaison services for fracture prevention in older people.

Domaines: Gériatrie et gérontologie; Alimentation et Nutrition

H. Blain, T. Masud, P. Dargent-Molina, F.C. Martin, E. Rosendahl, et al.. A comprehensive fracture prevention strategy in older adults: The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) statement. Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 2016, 20 (6), pp.647-652. ⟨10.1007/s12603-016-0741-y⟩. ⟨hal-01867184⟩