Guidelines and policies
National guidelines, national/regional policies and national initiatives pertaining to secondary fracture prevention and Fracture Liaison Service models have been developed by professional groups, patient societies and government departments/ministries of health in the following countries.
International Osteoporosis Foundation
Capture the Fracture: a Best Practice Framework and global campaign to break the fragility fracture cycle.
Akesson K, Marsh D, Mitchell PJ, McLellan AR, Stenmark J, Pierroz DD, Kyer C, Cooper C; IOF Fracture Working Group. Osteoporos Int. 2013 Aug;24(8):2135-52. PMID: 23589162; PMCID: PMC3706734.
International Osteoporosis Foundation, National Osteoporosis Foundation, Fragility Fracture Network
A patient-level key performance indicator set to measure the effectiveness of fracture liaison services and guide quality improvement: a position paper of the IOF Capture the Fracture Working Group, National Osteoporosis Foundation and Fragility Fracture Network.
Javaid MK, Sami A, Lems W, Mitchell P, Thomas T, Singer A, Speerin R, Fujita M, Pierroz DD, Akesson K, Halbout P, Ferrari S, Cooper C. Osteoporos Int. 2020 Jul;31(7):1193-1204. PMID: 32266437; PMCID: PMC7280347.
International Osteoporosis Foundation
Vertebral fracture: epidemiology, impact and use of DXA vertebral fracture assessment in fracture liaison services.
Lems WF, Paccou J, Zhang J, Fuggle NR, Chandran M, Harvey NC, Cooper C, Javaid K, Ferrari S, Akesson KE; International Osteoporosis Foundation Fracture Working Group. Osteoporos Int. 2021 Mar;32(3):399-411. PMID: 33475820; PMCID: PMC7929949.
International Osteoporosis Foundation
Capture the Fracture® Partnership: Guidance for Policy Shaping.
Cooper C, Fuggle N, Javaid K, Pinedo-Villanueva R. 2020 Nov.
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
SOUTH AUSTRALIA STATEWIDE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINICAL NETWORK AND REHABILITATION CLINICAL NETWORK
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSCULOSKELETAL, DIABETES & ENDOCRINE, FALLS PREVENTION AND AGED CARE HEALTH NETWORKS
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE, ONTARIO WOMEN'S HEALTH COUNCIL, OSTEOPOROSIS CANADA
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The Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy: implementation of a population-based osteoporosis action plan in Canada. Jaglal SB, Hawker G, Cameron C, Canavan J, Beaton D, Bogoch E, Jain R, Papaioannou A; Osteoporosis Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group. Osteoporos Int. 2010 Jun;21(6):903-908. PubMed ID 20309525
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE, ONTARIO WOMEN'S HEALTH COUNCIL, OSTEOPOROSIS CANADA
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2010 clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in Canada: summary. Papaioannou A, Morin S, Cheung AM, Atkinson S, Brown JP, Feldman S, Hanley DA, Hodsman A, Jamal SA, Kaiser SM, Kvern B, Siminoski K, Leslie WD; Scientific Advisory Council of Osteoporosis Canada. CMAJ. 2010 Nov 23;182(17):1864-1873. PubMed ID 20940232
Bone Task Force of the French Society for Rheumatology (SFR), Osteoporosis Research and Information Group (GRIO)
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2018 update of French recommendations on the management of postmenopausal osteoporosis
Briot K, Roux C, Thomas T, Blain H, Buchon D, Chapurlat R, Debiais F, Feron JM, Gauvain JB, Guggenbuhl P, Legrand E, Lehr-Drylewicz AM, Lespessailles E, Tremollieres F, Weryha G, Cortet B. Joint Bone Spine. 2018 Oct;85(5):519-530. PMID: 29654947.
OSTEOPOROSIS NEW ZEALAND
Multi-Sector Coalition
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Fracture Liaison Services: the UK experience. Mitchell PJ. Osteoporos Int. 2011 Aug;22 Suppl 3:487-494. PubMed ID 21847771
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
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Raloxifene and teriparatide for the secondary prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in postmenopausal women. Technology appraisal guidance [TA161]. 2018.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
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Bisphosphonates for treating osteoporosis
Technology appraisal guidance [TA464]. 2019.
Royal Osteoporosis Society
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Effective Secondary Prevention of Fragility Fractures: Clinical Standards for Fracture Liaison Services
Gallacher S, Alexander S, Beswetherick N, Carr W, Durber A, Gittoes N, Gray A, Javaid K, Kendrick D, Lindsey J, Ong T, Smith A, Stone M, Tanna N, Thurston A, Wardell F. 2019.
AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION
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It is time for everyone to own the bone. Bunta AD. Osteoporos Int. 2011 Aug;22 Suppl 3:477-482. PubMed ID 21847769
ASBMR TASK FORCE ON SECONDARY FRACTURE PREVENTION
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Making the first fracture the last fracture: ASBMR task force report on secondary fracture prevention. Eisman JA, Bogoch ER, Dell R, Harrington JT, McKinney RE Jr, McLellan A, Mitchell PJ, Silverman S, Singleton R, Siris E; for the ASBMR Task Force on Secondary Fracture Prevention. J Bone Miner Res. 2012 Jul 26. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.1698. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID 22836222
NATIONAL BONE HEALTH ALLIANCE
NATIONAL COALITION FOR OSTEOPOROSIS AND RELATED BONE DISEASES
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A call to action: developing and implementing a national action plan to improve bone health. Raisz LG, Elderkin AL, Schargorodski L, Hart T, Waldman C, King T, Noonan AS. Osteoporos Int. 2009 Nov;20(11):1805-1806. PubMed ID 19727906