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Age and Ageing 2006; 35-S2: ii5 © The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. doi:10.1093/ageing/afl101 All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org An invited International Symposium on Preventing Falls disagreed, although for a variety of reasons not all felt able to and Fractures in Older People was held in Yokohama, Japan commit to publication, so that it was not possible to cover all at the end of June 2004 under the auspices of the Inter- the material presented. After appropriate soundings and national Society for Fracture Repair (ISFR), of which Pro- negotiation, however, we set about persuading those who fessor David Marsh is now President. The symposium was were willing to prepare and submit summaries or manuscripts conceived, hosted and organised by Professor Takashi of their presentations. This Supplement of Age & Ageing is Matsushita, Director and head of the Department of Ortho- the product. The rather long time interval from the actual paedic Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, meeting reflects the post-hoc gestation of the project. Where Tokyo, ably assisted by his superb team of colleagues. In relevant, contributors have been free to undertake any mod- that both the international organisation concerned and the est updating (for example of bibliography) required. host institution were predominantly the stamping ground of The proportional emphasis of the topics is heavily orthopaedic surgeons, it is probably true to say that the non- slanted towards the fall-related aspects of fracture prevention. surgical invited international contributors (actually the major- The other main contributory factor, osteoporosis, enjoys ity) were somewhat unsure of what to expect of such an extensive exposure internationally and is not covered to any event and of their role in it. major extent. What seems to us most exciting about this In the event, we were treated not only to a rich and hith- compilation is the breadth of biomedical, clinical and epide- erto unique blend of research disciplines active at the cutting miological science coming to bear on this important health edge of the field, but to a superbly organised round-table issue and the possibilities for cross-disciplinary research col- format workshop and an unparalleled opportunity for cross- laboration and genuine progress that emerge from it. We disciplinary exchange of expertise and innovative thinking; hope readers will be able to derive something of this ethos in short a scientific meeting of exceptional quality. and find it as stimulating as we have. At the time there were no plans to publish the proceed- We thank and congratulate both the ISFR and the ings and no requirement for formal manuscripts from the department at Teikyo for their vision and skill in bringing contributors. It seemed to us, however, that if no attempt the symposium to fruition. were made to get at least a proportion of the material into published form, that would be a great loss. No participants LAURENCE RUBENSTEIN, CAMERON SWIFT. ii5
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Published: Sep 1, 2006
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