As a different concept there are osteoporosis ortheses which help to prevent spine fractures and support the building up of muscles.

It reduces spine fractures in women with known osteoporosis, but reduction of hip fracture risk is currently unproven.

He had suffered a cervical spine fracture (broken neck).

Medical literature reports that one police officer suffered spine fractures after being shocked by a Taser during a demonstration.

In older men and women of the same age, women have about 90% of the spine fractures.

In an osteoporotic patient who is already at risk for spine fracture, that may not be what you want to do.

Often the spine fracture can occur without significant pain, for unclear reasons.

The cause of death was a cervical spine fracture and partial dislocation caused by the blunt-force trauma of the crash.

So spine fractures can be devastating in terms of quality of life, in terms of function.

Given as a nasal spray or injection, they can slow bone thinning in postmenopausal women and reduce risk of spine fractures.