[Osteoporosis in the diseases of musculoskeletal ambulation disability symptom complex (MADS)].

Osteoporosis is the leading cause of bone fragility fractures in the elderly population. One-third of women ever 65 will have spine fracture. Hip fracture are of even greater clinical significance. The enormity of this health problem when considering the increasing population of elderly people in Japan is contrasted by the present therapeutic difficulties in improving bone strength. These have resulted in serious considerations of public health assessment to identify elderly people with high fracture risks.