Abstracts tagged "Fall Risk and fracture risk"

Abstract Number: 2234 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Can the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) Also Predict Falls in Older Women?
Shreyasee Amin¹, Elizabeth J. Atkinson², Sara J. Achenbach², Jeremy R. Crenshaw³, Kenton R. Kaufman³, Sundeep Khosla⁴ and L. Joseph Melton III², ¹Rheumatology and Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Falls in the elderly can lead to fragility fractures. Fall prevention targeted at those with high risk for falls could help reduce fractures. Although…