Past Events

21st Regional Osteoporosis Conference, organized by The Osteoporosis Society of Hong Kong, was held on 27 June 2021. JOCOC and Hong Kong Osteoporosis Foundation were the supporting organizations. Prof Timothy Kwok, our Centre Director, was invited to speak for the Conference on Elderly Bone Health and Fracture Prevention.

There were over 350 participants, including doctors, healthcare workers and DXA technicians. Staff members of JOCOC attended the conference which was continuous education opportunity to them.

Details as follows:
Speaker : Prof Timothy Kwok, Centre Director
Topic : Prevention of Falls & Fractures in Elderly – A Home Based Virtual Intervention by LiFE

Title: “Hip fractures are preventable: A proposal for osteoporosis screening and fall prevention in older people”

The paper discussed practical ways to reduce the burden of fractures and formulated three recommendations:

1. All men (aged ≥70 years) and women (aged ≥65 years) should receive universal dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry assessment for osteoporosis
2. All men (aged ≥70 years) and women (aged ≥65 years) with a fracture-risk assessment-derived 10-year risk (hip fracture with bone mineral density) ≥3% should receive ≥3 years of anti-osteoporotic treatment
3. Comprehensive structured assessment (including dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) should be conducted in older patients with a history of falling

Published in Hong Kong Medical Journal (Volume 26, Number 3, JUNE 2020)
Full text: https://www.hkmj.org/abstracts/v26n3/227.htm