Bone Basics
Often called the “silent disease.”
What is osteoporosis?
The common test used to measure bone mineral density.
What is DXA (or DEXA)?
Name one risk factor you cannot change.
What is Age, menopause, genetics/family history, or prior fracture.
Name one common site of an osteoporotic fracture.
What is Hip, spine, wrist/forearm, or shoulder.
Name one type of activity that supports bone or fall prevention.
What is Weight-bearing, resistance, strength, or balance activity.
Bone is best described as this: living tissue or inert material?
What is living tissue?
The two sites most commonly measured by central DXA.
What are the hip and spine?
Name one bone-health factor you may be able to address.
What is Activity, nutrition, smoking, alcohol, falls, or medication review.
A low-trauma break from a standing-height fall is often called this.
What is a fragility fracture?
Name two nutrients important to bone health.
What is Calcium, vitamin D, or protein (any two).
Low bone mass that has not reached the DXA threshold for osteoporosis.
What is osteopenia?
A T-score compares your bone density with this group
What are healthy young adults?
Long-term use of this anti-inflammatory medication class can cause bone loss.
What are glucocorticoids (steroids)?
Vertebral fractures may cause loss of this physical measurement.
What is height?
One simple home action that can reduce falls.
What is clear clutter, improve lighting, secure rugs, add grab bars, etc.
True or false: osteopenia always progresses to osteoporosis.
What is false?
A T-score at or below this number meets the density threshold for osteoporosis.
What is –2.5?
True or false: only women develop osteoporosis.
What is false?
True or false: most of the harm from osteoporosis comes from the fractures it leads to
What is true?
Before changing a medicine that may affect bone, talk with this person.
Who is a health care professional / prescriber?
About this percent of U.S. adults age 50 and older have low bone mass or osteoporosis.
What is 55%?
True or false: a DXA scan is usually quick and painless
What is true?
This matters more than a T-score alone when predicting fracture.
What is the overall fracture-risk profile?
Only about this percentage range regain prior mobility/function after hip fracture.
What is 40–60%?
Complete the event message: Know your risk → know your bone health → _____.
What is “prevent the fracture”?