DXA is critical to the assessment and management of patients with osteoporosis. We will review the current evidence on the benefits and limitations of serial DXA assessment in clinical practice.

This activity will describe the evidence behind optimal strategies in osteoporosis management, including optimal pharmacologic sequences and the role of combination therapy, as well as optimal treatment targets.

Despite long-held assumptions, osteoporotic fracture is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in men as it is in women. We will review the most recent evidence supporting the diagnostic and therapeutic management of osteoporosis in men.

Treatments for Osteoporosis: Combination or Sequence? Does Order Matter?

FRAX has been available since 2008 and is widely used worldwide. This lecture will provide a background to FRAX, its potential and limitations, and ongoing efforts to update the FRAX tool. These updates range from taking account of less-validated risk factors (adjustments) to a full redevelopment of the FRAX risk factor calculation engine.

Trabecular Bone Score (TBS) has recently become an additional analysis that can be undertaken using the DXA scans. The purpose of this lecture is to provide an overview of TBS, along with guidance in the short term, before there is an official ISCD position statement established from the 2023 Position Development Conference.

The purpose of this session will be to provide an overview of the methods used to develop the PVA Bone Health CPG and the appropriate drug therapy for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in persons with SCI.

Topics to be covered include pre-screening, transferring onto and off of the scan table, positioning and scan acquisition, and analysis. The presentation will review the current state of the field regarding BMD of the knee as this is the most common fracture site for individuals with SCI and will reference the recent ISCD Position on BMD after SCI as well as two upcoming clinical practice guidelines for bone health and fracture management in this population.

A lecture focused on identifying the fragility nature of periprosthetic fracture, the consequences of periprosthetic fracture. And how we can improve fractures through bone health optimization.

This lecture is designed to provide information and tips to improve the technical quality of the BMD scans, improve the ability of clinicians to read the scan correctly, and improve patient outcomes.