Osteoporosis Related Links

Scientific Societies and Resources

Below are links to a selection of English-language scientific societies and resources. For additional osteoporosis-related scientific and medical societies around the world, please consult the list of IOF member societies.

• American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons: Osteoporosis Section
• American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)
• Asian Pacific Osteoporosis Foundation
• Bone Research Society, UK
• BoneKey-IBMS
• European Calcified Tissue Society
• European Federation of National Assocations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
• European Society on Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis
• Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education
• FRAX® - WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool
• International Bone and Mineral Society
• International Society for Clinical Densitometry
• International Society for Fracture Repair (ISFR)
• International Society of Bone Morphometry
• International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM)
• National Institute of Arthritis and Muscoskeletal and Skin Diseases
• Optiford Vitamin D Fortification Project
• OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI)
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
• Osteoporosis and Bone Physiology
• Scrip reports
• The Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010
• The Paget Foundation
• USA Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Centre
• VPHOP -The Osteoporotic Virtual Physiological Human Research Project

Educational Sites for Children and Students

• ASBMR Bone Curriculum
• Be A Bone Builder
• Best Bones Forever
• Bone Biology for Kids
• Bones4life
• Rolling Bones (Finland)
• The e-Skeletons Project

International Advocacy and Patient Organizations

• Bone and Joint Decade
• EurActiv
• European Institute of Women's Health
• European Men's Health Forum
• International Alliance of Patient Organizations
• International Council of Nurses
• North American Menopause Society (NAMS)
• Public Health Care Portal of the European Union
• World Health Organization

Health Care Sites With Information About Osteoporosis

• Breaking point
• Doctor's Guide: Osteoporosis
• Fight Osteoporosis Now
• Hormone Foundation
• Infoaging.org
• National Women's Health Resource Center
• OBGYN.net - Osteoporosis Section
• Oregon Osteoporosis Centre
• Spine-Health - Osteoporosis Section
• Timeless Women
• Women's Health Matters - Osteoporosis Section

Sites of IOF Member Patient and Medical Societies

Argentina

• Argentine Association of Osteology and Mineral Metabolism (AAOMM)
• Argentine Society of Osteoporosis (SAO)
• Ibero American Society of Osteology and Mineral Metabolism (SIBOMM)
• IOF Latin America Regional Office

Australia

• Osteoporosis Australia
• The Australian and New Zealand Bone & Mineral Society

Austria

• Action for Healthy Bones
• Austrian Society for Bone and Mineral Research
• National Osteoporosis Patient Society Austria

Bahrain

• Bahrain Osteoporosis Society

Rep. of Belarus

• Belarusian Public Association "Fight Osteoporosis Together"

Belgium

• Belgian Bone Club
• Belgian Royal Society of Rheumatology
• European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO)

Brazil

• Brazilian Society for Clinical Densitometry (SBDens)
• Brazilian Society of Osteoporosis (SOBRAO)
• National Federation of Osteoporosis Patients Associations (FENAPCO)

Bulgaria

• Bulgarian League for the Prevention of Osteoporosis (BLPO)
• National Center of Public Health Protection (NCPHP)

Canada

• Osteoporosis Canada

Chile

• Chilean Osteoporosis Foundation (FUNDOP)
• Chilean Society of Osteology and Mineral Metabolism

China

• China Health Promotion Foundation (CHPF)
• Osteoporosis Committee of China Gerontological Society

Colombia

• Associacion Colombiana de Osteologia y Metabolismo Mineral (ACOMM)
• Colombian Association of Endocrinology (ACE)
• Colombian Osteoporosis Foundation

Costa Rica

• Costarican Association of Climacteric and Menopause and Osteoporosis(ACCMYO)

Cuba

• Cuban Society of Rheumatology (SCUR)

Cyprus

• Cyprus Society for Osteoporosis

Czech Republic

• Czech Society for Metabolic Bone Diseases (SMOS)

Denmark

• Danish Bone Society
• National Osteoporosis Foundation Denmark

Dominican Republic

• Dominican Menopause and Osteoporosis Society (SODOMOS)

Estonia

• Estonian Osteoporosis Society

Finland

• Finnish Osteoporosis Association

France

• Research and Information Group on Osteoporosis (GRIO)
• Association des Femmes contre l'Ostéoporose (AFCOP)
• French Society for Clinical Densitometry (SOFOC)
• French Society of Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery (SOFCOT)
• Women for ever

Germany

• German Green Cross (DGK)
• German Osteoporosis Patient Society (BfO)
• Kuratorium Knochengesundheit /Committee for Healthy Bones
• National Initiative Against Osteoporosis
• Orthopaedische Gesellschaft fuer Osteologie e.V.
• Umbrella Organisation of German Speaking Osteoporosis Patient Societies
• Umbrella Organisation of German Speaking Scientific Societies of Osteology

Greece

• Hellenic Endocrine Society-Panhellenic Association of Endocrinologists
• Hellenic Foundation of Osteoporosis (HELIOS)
• Hellenic Society for the Study of Bone Metabolism
• Hellenic Society of Osteoporosis Patients Support

Hong Kong

• China Osteoporosis Foundation (COF)
• Hong Kong Osteoporosis Foundation
• Osteoporosis Society of Hong Kong (OSHK)

Iceland

• Beinvernd – The Icelandic Osteoporosis Foundation

India

• Arthritis Foundation of India Trust (AFI)
• Indian Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Iran

• Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center

Ireland

• Irish Osteoporosis Society

Italy

• European Women - Housewives Federation
• Fondazione Raffaella Becagli (F.I.R.M.O.)
• International Society for Fracture Repair (ISFR)
• Italian Association of Osteoporosis Patients (AIPOS)
• Italian Foundation for Research on Osteoporosis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (FIROMMS)
• Italian Osteoporosis League (LIOS)
• Italian Society of Rheumatology (SIR)
• Osteoporosis Italian Association (Osteo-Stop) Onlus
• Societa Italiana Osteoporosi e Malattie Metabolismo Minerale e Scheletrico (SIOMMMS)

Japan

• Japan Osteoporosis Society (JOS)
• Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Jordan

• Jordanian Osteoporosis Prevention Society (JOPS)

Republic of Korea

• Korean Society of Bone Metabolism
• Korean Society of Osteoporosis

Latvia

• Latvia Osteoporosis Patient and Invalid Association

Lebanon

• Lebanese Osteoporosis Prevention Society
• Lebanese Society of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disorders (OSTEOS)

Mexico

• Mexican Associaton of Bone and Mineral Metabolism (AMMOM)

Morocco

• Moroccan Society for Rheumatology

The Netherlands

• Dutch Osteoporosis Foundation

New Zealand

• Osteoporosis New Zealand Inc
• The Australian and New Zealand Bone & Mineral Society

Norway

• Norwegian Osteoporosis Society

Pakistan

• Gujranwala Osteoporosis Patient Society

Palestine

• Pan Arab Osteoporosis Society

Panama

• Osteoporosis and Bone Metabolic Disease Foundation (FOSEMO)

Peru

• Peruvian Societiy of Osteoporosis and Bone Diseases - SPOEO
• Sociedad Peruana de Reumatologia

Poland

• Healthy Bone Enthusiasts Society (STENKO)
• Polish Foundation of Osteoporosis
• Polish Osteoarthrology Society

Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rican Society of Endocrinology and Diabetology (SPED)

Romania

• Association for Prevention of Osteoporosis in Romania (ASPOR)

Russia

• Russian Patient Society "Towards a life without osteoporosis and fractures"

Saudi Arabia and Gulf Countries

• Saudi Osteoporosis Society

Singapore

• Asian Pacific Osteoporosis Foundation
• Endocrine and Metabolic Society of Singapore (EMSS)
• Osteoporosis Society (Singapore)

Slovak Republic

• Slovak Society for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases (SOMOK)
• Slovak Union against Osteoporosis

Slovenia

• Slovene Osteoporosis Patient Society

South Africa

• National Osteoporosis Foundation

Spain

• Hispanic Foundation of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases (FHOEMO)
• Spanish Association Against Osteoporosis (AECOS)
• Spanish Society for Research on Bone and Mineral Metabolism (SEIOMM)
• Spanish Society for Rheumatology
• Spanish Society of Osteoporotic Fractures (SEFRAOS)

Sweden

• Riksföreningen Osteoporotiker – ROP
• Swedish Osteoporosis Society

Switzerland

• OsteoSwiss (ex donna mobile)
• Swiss Association against Osteoporosis

Turkey

• Osteoporosis Patient Society of Turkey
• The Society of Life with Osteoporosis
• Turkish Joint Diseases Foundation
• Turkish Osteoporosis Society

United Arab Emirates

• Emirates Osteoporosis Society

United Kingdom

• Bone Research Society
• European Calcified Tissue Society
• National Osteoporosis Society (NOS)

Uruguay

• Uruguayan Society of Rheumatology (SUR)

USA

• National Osteoporosis Foundation
• International Society for Clinical Densitometry

Venezuela

• Venezuelan Menopause and Osteoporosis Foundation (FUVEMO)
• Venezuelan Society of Menopause and Osteoporosis (SOVEMO)