World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis & Musculoskeletal Diseases

After more than two years of virtual editions, the World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases will take place from May 4 to May 7, 2023, in Barcelona, Spain. 

The members of the Committee of Scientific Advisors of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) are developing a Congress scientific programme that will bring together the world’s best in the field of musculoskeletal health and disease.

Presentations from keynote speakers will include:

• To treat or not to treat: Continuous or intermittent therapies in osteoporosis – M. McClung
• Should the punishment fit the crime? Osteoporosis treatment in relation to fracture risk – E. McCloskey
• “Obesity, weight loss and bone health: what risk and which fractures? ” – P. Ebeling
• Bone : an affair of the heart or of the brain ? – N. Harvey
• Towards a global definition of sarcopenia: Muscle mass, performance and relevant clinical outcomes – R. Fielding
• How do we predict and prevent falls in older people? – B. Dawson-Hughes
• Pharmacoepidemiology and big data in the post-COVID era – D. Prieto-Alhambra
• Hopes and disappointments of new and emerging OA therapies – F. Berenbaum
• Do high and very high fracture risk really matter? – K. Javaid
• Management of premenopausal osteoporosis – P. Hadji

English is the official Congress language. To stay up to date with news about the congress on social media, search for the #OsteoCongress hashtag.

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