Online osteo-tool
June 23, 2016
AN AUSTRALIAN-FIRST bone
health self-assessment tool
designed to help consumers
understand their bone fracture
risk, is now available to all adults,
including the 7.5 million Australians
living with brittle bones, the Garvan
Institute has announced.
The ‘Know Your Bones’ online
tool, an inaugural Garvan
Institute of Medical Research
and Osteoporosis Australia joint
initiative, helps adults assess their
likelihood of fractures.
The evidence-based, consumer friendly
tool is designed to help
people diagnosed with osteopenia
or osteoporosis, two common
bone conditions that together with
fractures, will cost the nation more
than $3b this year.
The tool summarises bone
fracture risk over five and ten years
by assessing age, gender, weight,
history of fracture, bone mineral
density, and history of falls and
lifestyle factors within the past 12
months.
Visit www.knowyourbones.org.au.
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