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Certain types of spinal injury are being neglected by health professionals, researchers claim.

Concerns were aired at the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) press conference in Brussels this week, with health policy officials urged to take action.

Spinal fractures often cause sufferers severe pain, but can also put the spinal cord at risk of damage.

Professor Jean-Yves Reginster, of the University of Liege, noted: "New cases of spinal osteoporotic fractures were estimated to cost €719 million (£630 million) in [the] year 2000."

Researchers also pointed to the severe repercussions for untreated spinal fractures, such as stooped back, acute and chronic pain and immobility.

Last month, the International Osteoporosis Foundation announced the introduction of a new validated model that can predict the future impact of postmenopausal osteoporosis in different national settings.

UK researchers working on behalf of the organisation developed the model using Swedish data and hope that it will be effectively utilised to predict the prevalence of fractures by year.

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