The FRAX ® algorithms give the 10-year probability of fracture. The output is a 10-year probability of hip fracture and the 10-year probability of a major osteoporotic fracture (clinical spine, forearm, hip or shoulder fracture).

An initial FRAX assessment, which provides the ten-year probability of a major osteoporotic fracture (MOF; clinical spine, hip, forearm or humerus) and/or hip fracture, can be used to identify patients at low, intermediate, high or very high risk of fracture (Strong recommendation).

The FRAX ® tool has been developed to evaluate fracture risk. It is based on individualised models that integrate the risks associated with clinical risk factors as well as bone mineral density (BMD) at the femoral neck.

criteria for using FRAX to assist with treatment decision i. no prior hip or vertebral fractur. dered in postmenopausal women and men age ≥ 50 y.

NICE CG146 recommends using either of the two online risk calculators, QFracture® or FRAX®. CKS recommends using QFracture® for establishing fragility fracture risk based on the evidence that it: considers more variables than FRAX® (although it does not consider BMD).

FRAX, short for Fracture Risk Assessment Tool, is primarily a screening tool and provides country-specific algorithms for estimating individualized 10-year probability of hip and major osteoporotic fracture and to target anti-osteoporosis treatments. It was created in 2008 at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom by the World Health ...

In addition to femoral neck (hip) BMD, age, gender, fracture history and steroid use, FRAX also takes into account other clinical risk factors to calculate the absolute 10-year risk of a hip fracture or other major osteoporotic fracture (spine, forearm, upper arm).

• DXA software provides a “default” FRAX output only when the patient meets BHOF criteria for using FRAX to assist with treatment decision i.e., a. an untreated postmenopausal woman or a man age 50 or older

Assess the risk factors and calculate FRAX* score for: any postmenopausal women, any patient with a clinical risk factor (see tables).

Aug 7, 2017 · The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) is a fracture risk calculator that estimates an individual’s 10-year probability of incurring a hip or other major osteoporotic fracture. The FRAX ® models were developed from and validated on population-based cohorts from 4 continents; charts are available for many countries.