Osteoporotic fracture modeling in laboratory rats

Abstract

In Ukraine, there has recently been an increase in the number of limb bone fractures among the population, in particular, an increase in the number of elderly people, which is associated with the development of age-related osteoporosis and fragility of bones. Osteoporosis causes 0.3 million femoral fractures per year in the United States and 1.7 million femoral fractures in Europe. In Ukraine, osteoporosis affects more than 2.5 million women and 900 thousand men, with an annual increase in incidence by 5%