Publications, position and consensus statements endorsed by IOF
Position statements and commentaries
Consensus statements
Other endorsed publications
Position statements and commentaries
Kanis JA on behalf of the World Health Organization Scientific Group (2008) Assessment of osteoporosis at the primary health care level. Technical Report. World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases. University of Sheffield, UK.
World Health Organization. Assessment of osteoporosis at the primary health care level. Summary Report of a WHO Scientific Group. WHO, Geneva. www.who.int/chp/topics/rheumatic/en/index.html
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Cost-effectiveness of the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis - a review of the literature and a reference model (PDF, 411.3 KB)
Zethraeus N, Borgström F, Ström O, Kanis JA, Jönsson B, on behalf of the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors. Osteoporos Int (2007) 18:9-23.
IOF comment on The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) calcium plus vitamin D supplementation trial (PDF, 18.3 KB)
IOF, 2006
Treatment of patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis is worthwhile. The position of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (PDF, 193.7 KB)
Delmas PD, Rizzoli R, Cooper C, Reginster JY. Osteoporos Int (2005) 16:1-5.
The perspective of the International Osteoporosis Foundation on the official positions of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (PDF, 201.6 KB)
Kanis JA, Seeman E, Johnell O, Rizzoli R, Delmas PD. Osteoporos Int (2005) 16:456–459.
Requirements for DXA for the Management of Osteoporosis in Europe (PDF, 317.1 KB)
Kanis JA, Johnell O, on behalf of the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors. Osteoporos Int (2005) 16:229-38.
Position Statement: Recommendations for Enhancing the Care of Patients with Fragility Fractures
Endorsed by: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS); American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR); International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF); National Organization of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON); National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF); Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS); and World Orthopaedic Osteoporosis Organization (WOOO).
English (PDF, 126.5 KB), Spanish (PDF, 105.9 KB)
Position paper: A Systematic Review of Health State Utility Values for Osteoporosis-Related Conditions (PDF, 102 KB)
Brazier JE, Green C, Kanis JA, on behalf of the IOF Committee of Scientic Advisors. Osteoporos Int (2002) 13:768–776 .
Position paper: A new approach to the development of assessment guidelines for osteoporosis (PDF, 252.6 KB)
Kanis JA, Black D, Cooper C, Dargent P, Dawson-Hughes B, de Laet C, Delmas P, Eisman J, Johnell O, Jonsson B, Melton L, Oden A, Papapoulos S, Pols H, Rizzoli R, Silman A, Tenenhouse A; International Osteoporosis Foundation; National Osteoporosis Foundation. Osteoporos Int. (2002) 13:527-36.
Position paper: An update on the diagnosis and assessment of osteoporosis with densitometry (PDF, 115.2 KB)
Kanis J, Glüer CC, for the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors. Osteoporos Int (2000) 11:192-202.
Consensus statements
The Impact of Osteonecrosis of the Jaw on Osteoporosis Management: (PDF, 103.4 KB)
Executive Summary of a European Society on Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Foundation for Research on Osteoporosis and other Bone Diseases Working Group Meeting
March 2007
Calcium and Vitamin D in the Management of Osteoporosis (PDF, 97.4 KB)
A consensus arising from a round table discussion between experts on a number of issues regarding the use of dietary supplements of vitamin D and calcium in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Organized by the Group for the Respect of Ethics and Excellence in Science (GREES) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO).
March 2007
European Action Towards Better Musculoskeletal Health: A Public Health Strategy to Reduce the Burden of Musculoskeletal Conditions (PDF, 606 KB)
from the European Bone and Joint Health Strategies Project (supported by the BJD, EULAR, EFFORT, and IOF)
Recommendations for Care of the Osteoporotic Fracture Patient to Reduce the Risk of Future Fracture (PDF, 159.6 KB)
Johnell O, Kaufman JM, Cummings SR, Lane J, Bouxsein ML. Endorsed in 2002.
Quantitative ultrasound techniques for the assessment of osteoporosis: Expert agreement on current status, the International quantitative ultrasound consensus group. J Bone Miner Res (1997) 12:1280-1288.
Consensus Development Conference: Diagnosis, prophylaxis and treatment of osteoporosis.
Am J Med (1991) 90:107-110; Am J Med (1993) 94:646-650.
Other endorsed publications
Kanis JA, Burlet N, Cooper C, Delmas PD, Reginster, JY, Borgström F, Rizzoli R, on behalf of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO). European guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. (PDF, 531.6 KB) Osteoporos Int (2008)
Assessment of Fracture Risk (PDF, 232.1 KB)
Kanis JA, Borgstrom F, de Laet C, Johansson H, Johnell O, Jonsson B, Oden A, Zethraeus N, Pfleger B, Khaltaev N. Osteoporos Int (2005) 16:581-589.
Models for assessing the cost-effectiveness of the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis (PDF, 214 KB)
Zethraeus N, Ben Sedrine W, Caulin F, Corcaud S, Gathon HJ, Haim M, Johnell O, Jonsson B, Kanis JA, Tsouderos Y, Reginster JY. Osteoporos Int (2002) 13:841-57.
Economic evaluation of interventions for osteoporosis (PDF, 49.1 KB)
Kanis JA, Jonsson B. Osteoporos Int (2002) 13:765-7.
Treatment of established osteoporosis: a systematic review and cost-utility analysis
Kanis JA, Brazier JE, Stevenson M, Calvert NW, Lloyd Jones M. Health Technol Assess (2002) 6:1-146.
The burden of osteoporotic fractures: a method for setting intervention thresholds (PDF, 304.4 KB)
Kanis JA, Oden A, Johnell O, Jonsson B, de Laet C, Dawson A. Osteoporos Int (2001) 12:417-27.
The Use of Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover in Osteoporosis (PDF, 175.6 KB)
Delmas PD, Eastell R, Garnero P, Seibel MJ, Stepan J, for the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors. Osteoporos Int (2000) 11(Suppl 6):S2-17.
Bone Density Measurement in the Assessment and Treatment of Osteoporosis: Practical Guidelines.
Kanis JA, Devogelaer JP, Gennari C, on behalf of the Scientific Advisory Board and the Board of National Societies of the European Foundation For Osteoporosis and Bone Disease. Blackwell Healthcare Ltd. (1997) ISBN 0-632-04959-6.
