Jump power testing as a screening tool to assess fracture risk: A giant leap or a hop in the right direction?

Author Identifier (ORCID)

Cassandra Smith’s ORCID record ORCID Logo

Keywords

osteosarcopenia, fractures, falls, muscle power, bone mineral density, aging

Document Type

Editorial

Date of Publication

10-1-2026

E-ISSN

15234681

ISSN

08840431

Volume

41

Issue

10

PubMed ID

41964496

Publication Title

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Publisher

Oxford Academic

School

Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute / School of Medical and Health Sciences

Funding Information

The salary of C.S. is supported by a Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (Award number: 107194) from the National Heart Foundation of Australia. N.H. is funded by the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through KHIDI (HI22C0452) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (RS-2023-00231864 and 2022R1C1C1006807).

Copyright

subscription content

First Page

1039

Last Page

1040

Recommended Citation

Smith, C., & Hong, N. (2026). Jump power testing as a screening tool to assess fracture risk: A giant leap or a hop in the right direction? Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 41(10), 1039–1040. https://doi.org/10.1093/jbmr/zjag064

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Link to publisher version (DOI)

10.1093/jbmr/zjag064