Osteoporosis management guidelines around the world now recommend that fracture risk assessment be part of any clinical evaluation for osteoporosis. As a result, rather than relying on bone ...

FRAX® has been incorporated into many national and international guidelines for osteoporosis management. The online tool alone has processed over 9 million calculations. Fractures secondary to ...

If your FRAX score is 3% or more for hip fracture, or 20% or more for other major osteoporosis fractures, you may be at increased risk of fracture. Your doctor may recommend treatment to reduce ...

ANSWER: The FRAX score is a way of combining a person’s measured bone density with clinical risk factors like age, sex and weight to provide an estimate of the fracture risk.