Category OAFI SPORT

5 Nov

OSTEOPENIA: we promote a multidisciplinary agreement with patients and 20 scientific societies

Barcelona, 17 October. On 15 October, OAFI published a “Multidisciplinary consensus on the treatment of patients with osteopenia and fracture risk in Spain” * BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, with the participation of patients, 45 leading experts in the field of bone health, and 20 scientific societies. Osteopenia Osteopenia is an underdiagnosed condition that represents an intermediate […]

28 Oct

Stronger than pain

THE OAFI FOUNDATION CELEBRATES THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS AND OSTEOPOROSIS. WITH THE SLOGAN ‘STRONGER THAN PAIN’, MORE THAN 500 PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS AND OSTEOPOROSIS GATHER IN BARCELONA TO BREAK THE SILENCE ON JOINT PAIN. Barcelona, 27th of October. The International Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis Foundation (OAFI) On 22 and 23 October, the […]

20 Oct

Female Athlete Triad (FAT): an imbalance between sport and health

Article by José Luís Baquero, CSR, RI and Access Coordinator, OAFI Foundation, and Alejandro Baquero Zazo, Marta García Manrique, Ángel González de la Flor, Nina Martínez Fernández, Jose Luis Neyro Bilbao and Josep Vergés Milano. Article published in The New Medical Economics in October 2025 The ‘female athlete triad’ (FAT), a term coined in 1992 […]

8 Oct

The fourth edition of the “García Bragado – OAFI- Kern Pharma Scholarships” promotes the careers of the new generations of Spanish athletics.

Barcelona, 8 October 2025- Once again, a new edition of the “García Bragado – OAFI- Kern Pharma Scholarships” is here. These grants are promoted in conjunction with former Olympic athlete Jesús Ángel García Bragado and are endorsed by Kern Pharma. The scholarships, which were awarded at Kern Pharma’s headquarters in Terrassa, serve to highlight the […]

14 Jan

CIM Project: Inclusion, team and hiking Health

Article courtesy of Mayte Serrat, doctor UAB, Physiotherapist, General Health Psychologist and alpinist. Principal researcher of the Fibrowalk program at the USSC of Vall Hebron Hospital and President of the CIM Project. CIM Project: Inclusion, team and hiking Health In an increasingly connected world but often marked by a lack of time for human connection, […]

4 Nov

OAFI Congress24 : More than 300 patients and healthcare professionals meet in Barcelona in defense of osteoarticular health

Barcelona, November 4th, 2024 The International Osteoarthritis Patient Foundation (OAFI) held on October 23, 24 and 25 the 8th edition of the International Congress of Osteoarthritis Patients, the OAFI Congress24, dedicated to joint health, with the aim of informing, raising awareness and training on best practices for the prevention, research and treatment of these pathologies, […]

3 Jul

CIM PROJECT and OAFI: Unstoppable Team !

CIM Project and the OAFI Foundation sign a collaboration agreement to promote the prevention, treatment and improvement of the quality of life of people with osteoarticular problems, especially fibromyalgia. A spectacular project with an unstoppable team CIM PROJECT is a non-profit organisation driven by club monitors, sports technicians of mountain activities, professionals of physical activity […]

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