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Agreement between fragility fracture risk assessment algorithms as applied to adults with chronic spinal cord injury

Abstract

Study design:Cross-sectional.Objectives:The objective of the study was to determine and report agreement in fracture risk stratification of adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) using (1) Canadian Association of Radiologists and Osteoporosis Canada (CAROC) and Canadian Fracture Risk Assessment (FRAX) tools with and without areal bone mineral density (aBMD) and (2) SCI-specific fracture thresholds.Setting:Tertiary rehabilitation center, Ontario, …

Authors

Cervinka T; Lynch CL; Giangregorio L; Adachi JD; Papaioannou A; Thabane L; Craven BC

Journal

Spinal Cord, Vol. 55, No. 11, pp. 985–993

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

11 2017

DOI

10.1038/sc.2017.65

ISSN

1362-4393