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FRAX

Version 1.4.6
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Osteoporosis Research Ltd
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143-149 Fenchurch Street
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https://frax.shef.ac.uk/FRAX
https://fraxplus.org

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European Healthcare & Device
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The FRAX algorithm is intended for health care professionals to calculate people's FRAX score.

The FRAX device uses the data entered via this interface to calculate a person's probability of developing a hip fracture or a major osteoporotic fracture (a fracture at the hip, spine, forearm or shoulder) over the next 10 years. It presents the average risk of people with the same risk factors as those entered for that person.

03.03.2025 Release (FRAX 1.4.7)

  • New models for Zimbabwe, Mongolia and Brunei Chinese

01.02.2024 Release (FRAX 1.4.6)

  • Models available for 85 countries (95 models)
  • New country added - Costa Rica (surrogate)

02.01.2024 Release (FRAX 1.4.5)

  • Models available for 84 countries (94 models)
  • New country added – Egypt
  • Original FRAX web version (https://frax.shef.ac.uk/FRAX/) available in 34 languages

10.05.2023 Launch of FRAXplus platform (www.fraxplus.org)

  • Additional features include the ability to set up a FRAX account (to store FRAX calculation parameters and results) as well as undertake potential post FRAX adjustments (using paid for credits). Adjustments include:
    • Recency and site of fracture within past two years
    • Number of falls in previous year available for 84 countries (94 models)
    • Trabecular Bone Score (TBS)
    • Higher dose of glucocorticoids
    • Duration of type 2 diabetes mellitus
    • Discordance between femoral neck and lumbar spine BMD T-scores
    • Hip axis length
  • FRAXplus platform currently only available in English language version

23.01.2023 Release (FRAX 1.4.4)

  • Now models available for 83 countries (93 models)
  • New countries added – Bangladesh (surrogate), Brunei (surrogate), Malaysia (3 models), Myanmar, Peru (surrogate)

23.08.2021 Release (FRAX 1.4.3)

  • Now models available for 78 countries (86 models)
  • New countries added – Botswana, Ethiopia (surrogate), Nepal (surrogate), Qatar, Saudi Arabia.

26.09.2020 Release (FRAX 1.4.2)

  • Models available for 73 countries (81 models)
  • New countries added – Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan (surrogate), Zimbabwe (surrogate), South Africa (4 models), Uzbekistan
  • Available in 34 languages – new language added Indonesian

26.04.2019 Release (FRAX 1.4.1)

  • Models available for 66 countries (71 models)
  • New countries added – Serbia, Syria
  • Now available in 33 languages (New languages added since v4.0 – Serbian, Norwegian)

15.04.2017 Release (FRAX 1.4.0)

  • Models available for 64 countries (69 models)
  • New country added – Georgia
  • Now available in 31 languages (New language added – Georgian)

07.11.2016 Release (FRAX 1.3.11)

  • M odels available for 63 countries (68 models)
  • New countries added – Abu Dhabi, Belarus, Iran, Moldova, Ukraine
  • Country update – Armenia (converted from surrogate model to country-based model)
  • Now available in 30 languages (New languages added – Ukrainian)

07.03.2016 Release (FRAX 1.3.10)

  • Models available for 58 countries (63models)
  • New country added – Kuwait
  • Now available in 29 languages (New languages added – Bengali and Farsi)

17.10.2014 Release (FRAX 1.3.9)

  • Models available for 57 countries (62models)
  • New countries added – Croatia, Estonia, Israel and Venezuela
  • Now available in 27 languages (New languages added – Croatian and Estonian)

01.05.2013 Release (FRAX 1.3.8)

  • Now models available for 53 countries (58 models)
  • New countries added – Armenia (surrogate model),Brazil, Iceland, Morocco and Thailand
  • Updated model for China
  • Now available in 25 languages (New languages added – Icelandic, Lithuanian, Portuguese and Thai)
  • BMD input from Mindways QCT now incorporated.
  • The calculation tool has been rewritten and no longer requires Adobe Flash; it can now work on more Apple devices e.g. the iPad

14.09.2012 Release (FRAX 1.3.7)

  • New countries added – India (Surrogate model), Palestine (Surrogate model), Portugal
  • Updated/revised models - Jordan

18.06.2012 Release (FRAX 1.3.6)

  • New countries added – Chile, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Lithuania
  • New languages added (total now 21) – Greek, Dutch, Slovak

10.01.2012 Release (FRAX 1.3.5)

  • New models added – Ecuador, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Sri Lanka [surrogate model]
  • Updated/revised models – Belgium, Czech Republic, Italy, Lebanon, Turkey

01.09.2011 Release (FRAX 1.3.4)

  • New languages added (total 18) – Romanian
  • Link to FRAX® Desktop applications

01.06.2011 Release (FRAX 1.3.3)

  • New country models added – Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Tunisia
  • Updated/revised model – Turkey
  • Now accessible in 17 languages (addition of Czech and Korean).
  • Updated FAQs
  • Additional scanning manufacturer added(DMS/Medilink)
  • Counter of number of individual calculations of fracture risk added to each model and total displayed on front page of website (set to zero at this version). We estimate that since its launch in April 2008, the FRAX website has been used to calculate the fracture risk of approximately 6 million individuals worldwide.

08.12.2010 Release (FRAX 1.3.2)

  • Height and weight conversion adds results automatically.
  • New countries added - Jordan, Malta, Philippines and Singapore (Chinese, Indian and Malay)
  • Now accessible in 15 languages (addition of Arabic and Turkish).

30.06.2010 Release (FRAX 1.3.1)

  • New countries added - Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Colombia, Denmark, Hungary, Mexico, the Netherlands, and South Korea.
  • Now accessible in 13 languages (addition of simplified Chinese, Danish, Finnish, Russian, Swedish and Polish).

07.09.2009 Release (FRAX 1.3.0)

  • New country models added - Argentina, Belgium, Finland, Hong Kong, Lebanon and New Zealand
  • Update of fracture incidence and mortality rates for US calculation tools based on data provided by NOF (tends to result in lower 10-year probabilities, particularly at younger ages)
  • Inclusion of NOF statement about intervention thresholds (specifically provided for the US calculation tools)

20.02.2009 Release (FRAX 1.2.1)

  • Re-inclusion of T-Score calculation for BMD, in addition to DXA Manufacturer selection. The T-score is that measured at the femoral neck and should only be directly used for women. In men, the T-score produced by the scanner is derived from male reference data whereas FRAX requires it to be derived from the young female NHANES reference data – this calculation is automatically done by entering the scanning manufacturer and absolute value of femoral neck BMD. The latter tool was derived by the Oregon Osteoporosis Centre and has been incorporated within FRAX.

21.01.2009 Release (FRAX 1.2.0)

  • New models (Austria, Germany and Switzerland)
  • Addition of German Language
  • Replacement of T-Score and Z-Score with DXA Manufacturer selection
  • Weight and height conversion calculation provided

10.04.2008 Release (FRAX 1.1.0)

  • Models included for China, France, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK, USA (4 ethnicity models)
  • Languages included (English, Chinese (traditional), French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese)