The Detection Methods And Fracture Risk Calculation Of Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a common skeleton-system syndrome which characterized by dwindled bone mass and deteriorated microstructure of osseous tissue, commonly accompanied with osteopsathyrosis and,therefore, fracture susceptibility. Osteoporosis at early stages usually develop insidiously that often brings about barriers for earlier detection,treatment, and general control in population. Given the close relevance with aging, the morbidity of osteoporosis in recent years are rising exponentially with the rapid development of social economy, the significant extension of average life expectancy, and the accelerating pace of the population aging, which is seriously threatening human health that has been known as a new “silent killer”. One of the most violent complications of osteoporosis is fracture, which is featured by extraordinary high morbidity,disability rate, mortality, and medication cost, which are notoriously nominated as the “4-highness-1-lowness” with the following low quality of life. Now, not only a critical public health issue osteoporosis has already become, but also a socioeconomic problem it has been broadly concerned as. In order to identify highly risked groups, deliver necessary preventionsand therapies in advance, reduce the fracture rate, and eventually ameliorate the general prognosis, educative propaganda and preliminary screening ought to be imperatively underscored. Accordingly, we will have the epidemiology research progress of osteoporosis systematically reviewed, the definition, classification, and diagnostic methods clearly introduced, and the strategies of fracture risk calculation thoroughly summarized in this article.