Rene Rizzoli

Osteoporosis WHO Consultant , Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland

René Rizzoli

Academic positions:
- WHO Consultant: Osteoporosis
- Chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics at the Teaching Hospital of Geneva

All industry positions (in last five years):
- None declared

Any other information:
- Treasurer of the International Osteoporosis Foundation

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology > Bone Biology, Osteoporosis & Other Diseases of Bone (since 30 June 2006)

All recent recommendations

• 3.0
  Early responsiveness of women with osteoporosis to teriparatide after therapy with alendronate or risedronate.
  Recommended by Rene Rizzoli
  
• 3.0
  Randomized trial of once-weekly parathyroid hormone (1-84) on bone mineral density and remodeling.
  Recommended by Rene Rizzoli
  
• 6.0
  Vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) with a densitometer predicts future fractures in elderly women unselected for osteoporosis.
  Recommended by Rene Rizzoli
  
• 6.5
  Teriparatide or alendronate in glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis.
  Recommended by Jon Tobias, Peter Taylor with Dr. Sonya Abraham, Rene Rizzoli
  
• 3.0
  Vitamin D status of patients admitted to a hospital rehabilitation unit: relationship to function and progress.
  Recommended by Rene Rizzoli
  
• 6.0
  Comparative effects of oral aromatic and branched-chain amino acids on urine calcium excretion in humans.
  Recommended by Rene Rizzoli
  
• 6.0
  FGF23 is a hormone-regulating phosphate metabolism--unique biological characteristics of FGF23.
  Recommended by Rene Rizzoli
  
• 3.0
  Clodronate reduces the incidence of fractures in community-dwelling elderly women unselected for osteoporosis: results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized study.
  Recommended by Rene Rizzoli
  
• 6.0
  Alterations of cortical and trabecular architecture are associated with fractures in postmenopausal women, partially independent of decreased BMD measured by DXA: the OFELY study.
  Recommended by Rene Rizzoli
  
• 3.0
  Lithium use and the risk of fractures.
  Recommended by Rene Rizzoli