[HTML][HTML] Conflicts at the heart of the FRAX tool

TLN Järvinen, J Jokihaara, P Guy, P Alonso-Coello… - CMAJ, 2014 - Can Med Assoc
© 2014 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors CMAJ, February 18, 2014, 186 (3)
165 nals) does not hold, as there are a great number of bone journals in addition to …

FRAX facts

NB Watts, B Ettinger, MS LeBoff - Journal of Bone and Mineral …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
OSTEOPOROSIS IS A serious public health problem. Worldwide, an estimated 200 million
adults have osteoporosis; current projections indicate that, by 2010, 40 million Americans …

[HTML][HTML] The utility and limitations of FRAX: a US perspective

SL Silverman, AD Calderon - Current osteoporosis reports, 2010 - Springer
The FRAX calculator is a major achievement in terms of our understanding of measuring
fracture risk. Along with being an easily accessible web-based tool, it is the only model …

Comment on Kanis et al.: Pitfalls in the external validation of FRAX

MJ Bolland, A Grey, G Gamble, IR Reid - Osteoporosis International, 2013 - Springer
Professor Kanis and colleagues criticise the methods used in many of the studies that have
investigated the validity of the FRAX calculator [1]. In particular, they use our validation study …

The US FRAX® filter: avoiding confusion or hindering progress?

E McCloskey, J Compston, C Cooper - Osteoporosis international, 2010 - Springer
“The leadership of NOF and ISCD has decided after long and careful consideration that a
FRAX® filter should be available, and this will happen in the USA.” So speak the proponents …

Interpretation and use of FRAX in clinical practice

JA Kanis, D Hans, C Cooper, S Baim… - Osteoporosis …, 2011 - Springer
The introduction of the WHO FRAX® algorithms has facilitated the assessment of fracture
risk on the basis of fracture probability. Its use in fracture risk prediction has strengths, but …

New guidelines for data reporting and statistical analysis: helping authors with transparency and rigor in research

TV Nguyen, F Rivadeneira… - Journal of Bone and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Study Design The thrust of a scientific study rests on its design, methodology, and execution.
Clarity and rigor in the experimental approach represent key factors in acceptance decisions …

To FRAX or not to FRAX

MR McClung - Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) calculator is the most thoroughly studied
and widely used tool of fracture risk assessment.(1) FRAX is now available in 39 countries …

On lumpers and splitters: the FRAX debate continues

WD Leslie, D Hans - Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Social anthropologists have long recognized a fundamental human tendency to
dichotomize. This can be said for the response to the World Health Organization …

[HTML][HTML] On evidence-based medicine

MA van der Marck, RJF Melis, MGMO Rikkert - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
3 Kanis JA, McCloskey EV, Johansson H, Strom O, Borgstrom F, Oden A. Case finding for
the management of osteoporosis with FRAX—assessment and intervention thresholds for …