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ReviewAging clinical and experimental research2021

Pathophysiology and treatment of osteoporosis: challenges for clinical practice in older people.

J Barnsley, G Buckland, P E Chan, A Ong, A S Ramos, M Baxter, F Laskou, E M Dennison, C Cooper, Harnish P Patel

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Review in Aging clinical and experimental research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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86citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
25.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 201 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Pre-teriparatide anti-osteoporosis medication therapy and fracture-related hospitalization in patients at very high fracture risk.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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  16. Adequacy of pharmacological prescription in patients at very high risk of fracture within the FLS in Spain: analysis of the REFRA FLS-SEIOMM Registry.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J Barnsley *Medicine for Older People, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
G Buckland *Medicine for Older People, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
P E Chan *Medicine for Older People, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
A Ong *Medicine for Older People, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
A S Ramos *Medicine for Older People, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
M BaxterMedicine for Older People, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
F LaskouMRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
E M DennisonMRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
C CooperMRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
Harnish P PatelMedicine for Older People, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK. hp@mrc.soton.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0081-1802
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0400491Medical Research Council MC_PC_21000Medical Research Council MC_PC_21001Medical Research Council MC_PC_21003Medical Research Council MC_U147585819Medical Research Council MC_U147585824Medical Research Council MC_UP_A620_1014Medical Research Council MC_UP_A620_1015Medical Research Council MC_UU_12011/1Medical Research Council MC_UU_12011/2Versus Arthritis 19583
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoporosis, a common chronic metabolic bone disease is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. As the prevalence of osteoporosis increases with age, a paralleled elevation in the rate of incident fragility fractures will be observed. This narrative review explores the origins of bone and considers physiological mechanisms involved in bone homeostasis relevant to management and treatment. Secondary causes of osteoporosis, as well as osteosarcopenia are discussed followed by an overview of the commonly used pharmacological treatments for osteoporosis in older people.

Indexed as

Bone Diseases, MetabolicFractures, BoneOsteoporosisSarcopeniaAgedAged, 80 and overHumansPrevalenceBone developmentOlder PeopleOsteoporosisOsteosarcopeniaPathophysiologyTreatment

Identifiers

PMID33742387
PMCPMC8084810
OpenAlexW3138346935

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