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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
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

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

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 D. Westbury,
Ilse Bloom,
Pritti Aggarwal,
Cyrus Cooper,
Harnish P. Patel,
& Elaine Dennison
, 2023 , Frontiers in Nutrition , 9
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.988575
Type: article
A nutritional supplement containing zinc during preconception and pregnancy increases human milk zinc concentrations
,
Soo Min Han,
Surabhi Devaraj,
José G. B. Derraik,
Mark H. Vickers,
Fang Huang,
Stephane Dubascoux,
Keith Godfrey,
Shiao-Yng Chan,
Wei Wei Pang,
Sagar K Thakkar,
& Wayne Cutfield
, 2023 , Frontiers in Nutrition , 9
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1034828
Type: article
Sex-specific associations between cardiovascular risk factors and physical function: The Gambian Bone and Muscle Ageing Study
Ayse Zengin,
Micheal O. Breasail,
Camille Parsons,
Landing M. Jarjou,
Ramatoulie E. Janha,
Ann Prentice,
Cyrus Cooper,
Peter R. Ebeling,
& Kate Ward
, 2023 , Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle , 14 (1) , 84--92
DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.13069
Type: article
Evaluation and interpretation of latent class modelling strategies to characterise dietary trajectories across early life: a longitudinal study from the Southampton Women's Survey
Kathryn V. Dalrymple,
Christina Vogel,
Keith M. Godfrey,
Janis Baird,
Mark Hanson,
Cyrus Cooper,
Hazel Inskip,
& Sarah Crozier
, 2023 , British Journal of Nutrition , 129 (11) , 1945--1954
DOI: 10.1017/S000711452200263X
Type: article