Anatom3DFragility fracture
Fractura osteoporotica · Zlomenina z křehkosti kostí
What it is
A break from a fall at standing height — the visible end of osteoporosis.
Symptoms & signs
- Sudden pain
- deformity
- inability to weight-bear
- height loss in vertebral fractures
🚩 Get help if…
- call 112 / 911 now Can't stand or put weight on the leg after a fall
- call 112 / 911 now Leg shortened and turned outwards after a fall
- see a doctor soon Sudden severe back pain after lifting, coughing or a minor fall
- see a doctor soon Losing height or a new stoop
Where it strikes
- Femur
- Vertebral bodies
- Skeleton
Medical treatment
- Surgical fixation or hip replacement
- early mobilisation
- start bone protection immediately
- fracture liaison service
Natural & lifestyle
- Vitamin D and calcium
- protein
- resistance and balance training
- home hazard removal
- hip protectors
Emerging & experimental
- Vertebroplasty — sham-controlled trials found little or no benefit not confirmed in trials
- bone-anabolic first sequencing
- AI fall-prediction wearables
Alternative, off-label & anecdotal
Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.
- Whole-body vibration — trials disagree mixed evidence
- Collagen peptides — a small trial raised bone density early / small studies
ICD codes
- ICD-10 M80.9
- ICD-11 FB83.1Z Osteoporosis, unspecified