Research and position papers
This section contains Osteoporosis-related research papers and a selection of recent position papers produced by the our Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee.
For older research papers, please visit our research archive.
For health professional guides, visit our health professional downloads section.
Research papers and position statements
- Calcium supplementation
- The Endocrine Society Statement on Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates
- Summary of Vital D study
- Latest studies on vertebroplasty, from NEJM
- Low Vitamin D in Victoria - resource documents 2009
- Calcium and bone health
- Risks and benefits of sun exposure
- Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the jaw
- Beat the Break - Know and reduce your Osteoporosis Risk Factors
- Make it or break it - How exercise helps to build and maintain strong bones, prevent falls and fractures, and speed rehabilitation
- Recommendations from the Vitamin D and Calcium forum
- Vitamin D and adult bone health in Australia and New Zealand
- Osteoporosis in men
- Guidelines for the management of postmenopausal osteoporosis for GPs
- Vitamin D in Australia: Issues and recommendations
- Measurements techniques in Osteoporosis
- The Burden of Brittle Bones - Epidemiology, Costs & Burden of Osteoporosis in Australia
The Endocrine Society Statement on Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates :
The Endocrine Society Statement on Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates |
Summary of Vital D study:
Vital D Study (conducted through the Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, The University of Melbourne) |
Latest studies on vertebroplasty from the New England Journal of Medicine:
A Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Spinal Fractures |
A Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty for Painful Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures |
Low Vitamin D in Victoria - resource documents 2009
Low Vitamin D in Victoria Key points for health professionals |
Low Vitamin D in Victoria Key points for community health workers |
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Calcium and Bone Health
Position Paper
Working group of the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS) and Osteoporosis Australia
UPDATED August 2009
Risks and benefits of sun exposure
Position Statement
Approved by ANZBMS, OA, Australasian College of Dermatologists and the Cancer Council of Australia
UPDATED April 2007
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Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis |
Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the Jaw |
Beat the Break - Know and reduce your Osteoporosis Risk Factors
Cyrus Cooper for International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), 2007
Make it or break it - How exercise helps to build and maintain strong bones, prevent falls and fractures, and speed rehabilitation
Helmut W. Minne for International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), 2006
Vitamin D and adult bone health in Australia and New Zealand
Position statement
Working Group of the ANZBMS,
Endocrine Society of Australia and Osteoporosis Australia
Medical Journal of Australia, Volume 182 Number 6, 21 March 2005
Osteoporosis in men - the 'silent epidemic' strikes men too
Professor Ego Seeman for International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), 2004
Guidelines for the management of postmenopausal osteoporosis for GPs
Sheila O'Neill, Alastair MacLennan, Shona Bass et al.
Australian Family Physician Vol. 33, No. 11, November 2004
Vitamin D in Australia: Issues and recommendations
Caryl A Nowson, Terrence H Diamond, Julie A Pasco et al
Australian Family Physician Vol. 33, No. 3, March 2004
Measurements techniques in Osteoporosis: Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, Quantitative Ultrasound
Position statement
Assoc. Prof. Nicholas Pocock
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
The Burden of Brittle Bones - Epidemiology, Costs & Burden of Osteoporosis in Australia
White Paper
Prepared for Osteoporosis Australia by the University of Melbourne, 2007
