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General Resources

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
www.ahrq.gov/news/pubsix.htm

Asia Pacific Osteoporosis Foundation
www.apof.org

Bone Builders
www.bonebuilders.org/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/growing_stronger/

European Institute of Women's Health
www.eurohealth.ie

International Osteoporosis Foundation
www.iofbonehealth.org

National Women’s Health Resource Center
www.healthywomen.org

National Osteoporosis Foundation
www.nof.org

University of Washington - Osteoporosis and Bone Physiology
www.courses.washington.edu/bonephys/

Speaking of Women's Health
www.speakingofwomenshealth.com

World Health Organization
www.who.int/en

US Surgeon General, Oct 2004
www.hhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20041014.html

U.S. Bone and Joint Decade
http://www.usbjd.org/

U.S. Food and Drug Administration—Osteoporosis and Men
FDA Consumer Magazine (10/02)
www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/502_men.html

WebMD
www.webmd.com/osteoporosis/guide/
spinal-compression-fractures-causes

Professional Societies

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
www.aaos.org

American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
www.neurosurgery.org/aans

American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
www.rheumatology.org

American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
www.americangeriatrics.org

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)
www.asbmr.org

Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ASOS)
www.asos.org.au

British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
www.boa.ac.uk

British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS)
www.borsoc.org.uk

Canadian Orthopaedic Association (COA)
www.coa-aco.org

Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
www.neurosurgery.org

Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS)
www.csrs.org

European Federation of National Associations of Orthopedics and Traumatology (EFFORT)
www.efort.org

European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
www.eans.org

European Calcified Tissue Society
www.ectsoc.org

Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education
www.fore.org

International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS)
www.ibmsonline.org

International Society for Fracture Repair
www.fractures.com

International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS)
www.issls.org

North American Spine Society
www.spine.org

Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)
www.ors.org

OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI)
www.oarsi.org

Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT)
www.sicot.org

Spine Society of Europe
www.eurospine.org

Western Orthopaedic Association (WOA)
www.woa-assn.org

About Spinal Fractures

Cure Magazine, “Repairing the Spine”
www.curetoday.com/backissues/v3n4/features/
matching/popup_repairing.html

Back Pain: Could It Be A Fracture?
www.webmd.com/solutions/spinal-compression-fracture

When Is Back Pain A Fracture?
www.spine-health.com/topics/cd/fracture/fracture01.html

Spinal Fracture Tool Kit
www.healthywomen.org/spinalfracture/index.html

Kyphoplasty – A New Treatment For Osteoporotic Fractures
www.spine-health.com/research/kyph/kyph01.html

Orthogate
www.orthogate.org/patient-education/
thoracic-spine/kyphoplasty.html

VCF Consensus Guidelines and Treatment Algorithm
www.jfponline.com/uploadedFiles/Journal_Site_Files/
Journal_of_Family_Practice/supplement_archive/
VCF_0905.pdf

How Can Osteoporosis Lead to Spinal Fractures?
www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article4040.html

How to Talk to Your Doctor about Osteoporosis and Spinal Fracture
www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article3517.html

Cancer and Spinal Fractures

International Myeloma Foundation
www.myeloma.org

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
www.multiplemyeloma.org

Oncology Nursing Society
www.ons.org/publications/journals/CJON/
Volume6/Issue2/0602111.asp

Medical Journals

Spine
www.spinejournal.com 

 

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