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Increased risk of mortality and readmission after hip fracture
Competitive Grant Program in Bone Research
Alliance of International Organizations of Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Study from the Danish Hip fracture Database, using data of the Cumulated Ambulation Score (CAS), shows that loss of pre-fracture basic mobility level before acute hospital discharge was strongly associated with 30-day post-discharge mortality, and also influenced readmission rates. This indicates the importance of basic mobility recovery as a primary early rehabilitation goal after hip fracture and that the CAS could be considered as an important outcome parameter in other national hip fracture databases. For more Information click here
January 2019
Amgen is delighted to announce the launch of the Competitive Grant Program in Bone Research, which will provide an opportunity for investigators from around the world to compete for individual grants of up to 150,000 USD for novel research proposals that seek to improve quality of osteoporosis care and patient outcomes. For more Information click here
May 2019
Dear Colleagues,
AIOT, Alliance of International Organizations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, was established in 2018 to provide a platform of communication and collaboration between the five leading international organizations in the field of orthopaedics and traumatology. APOA, EFORT, PAOA, SICOT and SLAOT are the members of this alliance. The first scientific event of the alliance will be AIOT Orthopaedic Trauma Course which will be held in Antalya, Turkey from 14 to 17 April 2020.
We look forward to seeing you in Antalya for this promising course. For more Information click here
January 2020
Fragility Fracture Nursing Book
Improving fragility fractures throughout Asia Pacific
Call for Workshop Proposals
The sun should not set twice before hip fracture repair
Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180807095154.htm
August 2018
In 2016, the region’s 4.5 billion-strong population represented 60 per cent of the global population,more than 12 per cent of whom were aged 60 years or older– a figure projected to exceed 25 per cent by 2050. For more Information click here
August 2018
The Fragility Fracture Network calls for submissions of proposals to host a workshop at the Congress in Oxford, 28 – 30 August 2019. Read here how to submit your proposal.
PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE FRAGILITY FRACTURE NETWORK SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE BY DECEMBER 31 2018
October 2018