Establishment of a National Network on Musculoskeletal Ageing

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Cyrus Cooper

Prof Rheumatology Clinical Epidemiology

Research interests

Key research contributions have been:
discovery of the developmental influences which contribute to the risk of osteoporosis and hip fracture in late adulthood
demonstration that maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with sub-optimal bone mineral accrual in childhood

Connect with Cyrus

Email: cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Nicholas Harvey

Director/Professor

Research interests

Lifecourse epidemiology of osteoporosis and fragility fractures
Understanding mechanism and development of novel interventions across lifecourse to prevent fragility fractures

Connect with Nicholas

Email: nch@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Interdisciplinary Musculoskeletal Health

The University hosts a substantial interdisciplinary community of researchers working to transform musculoskeletal health across the life course.

Research outputs

The need to distinguish intervention thresholds and diagnostic thresholds in the management of osteoporosis

John A Kanis,

Eugene V. McCloskey,

Nicholas C Harvey,

Cyrus Cooper,

Rene Rizzoli,

Bess Dawson-Hughes,

Stefania Maggi,

& Jean-Yves Reginster

, 2023 , Osteoporosis International , 34 (1) , 1--9

DOI: 10.1007/s00198-022-06567-9

Type: article

Expected benefits and budget impact from a microsimulation model support the prioritisation and implementation of Fracture Liaison Services

Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva,

Edward Burn,

Christopher Maronga,

Cyrus Cooper,

& M Kassim Javaid

, 2023 , Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.4775

Type: article

Biochemical markers of musculoskeletal health and aging to be assessed in clinical trials of drugs aiming at the treatment of sarcopenia

Aurélie Ladang,

Charlotte Beaudart,

Jean-Yves Reginster,

Nasser Al-Daghri,

Olivier Bruyère,

Nansa Burlet,

Matteo Cesari,

Antonio Cherubini,

Mario Coelho da Silva,

Cyrus Cooper,

Alfonso J Cruz-Jentoft,

Francesco Landi,

Andrea Laslop,

Stefania Maggi,

Ali Mobasheri,

Sif Ormarsdottir,

Régis Radermecker,

Marjolein Visser,

Maria Concepcion Prieto Yerro,

René Rizzoli,

& Etienne Cavalier

, 2023 , Calcified Tissue International , 112 (2) , 197 -- 217

DOI: 10.1007/s00223-022-01054-z

Type: review

Recent sarcopenia definitions - prevalence, agreement and mortality associations among men: findings from population-based cohorts

Leo Westbury,

Charlotte Beaudart,

Olivier Bruyère,

Jane A. Cauley,

Peggy M. Cawthon,

Alfonso Jose Cruz-Jentoft,

Elizabeth Curtis,

Kristine Ensrud,

Roger A. Fielding,

Helena Johansson,

John A. Kanis,

Magnus K. Karlsson,

Nancy E. Lane,

Laetitia Lengelé,

Mattias Lorentzon,

Eugene McCloskey,

Dan Mellström,

Anne B. Newman,

Claes Ohlsson,

Eric Orwoll,

Jean Yves Reginster,

Eva Ribom,

Bjorn E. Rosengren,

John T. Schousboe,

Eric J. Shiroma,

Nicholas Harvey,

Elaine Dennison,

& Cyrus Cooper

, 2023 , Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle , 14 (1) , 565--575

DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.13160

Type: article

A study of diet in older community-dwelling adults in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the Southampton Longitudinal Study of Ageing (SaLSA)

Faidra Laskou,

Gregorio Bevilacqua,

Leo Westbury,

Ilse Bloom,

Pritti Aggarwal,

Cyrus Cooper,

Harnish Patel,

& Elaine Dennison

, 2023 , Frontiers in Nutrition , 9

DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.988575

Type: article