Research project

Establishment of a National Network on Musculoskeletal Ageing

Research groups:
Lead researchers:

Professor Cyrus Cooper
Other researchers:

Professor Nicholas Harvey
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

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

Towards a cure for osteoporosis: the UK Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) Osteoporosis Research Roadmap

Nicholas Harvey, Kenneth S. Poole, Stuart H. Ralston, Eugene V. McCloskey, Caroline B Sangan, Lauren Wiggins, Craig Jones, Neil Gittoes & Juliet Compston, 2022, Archives of Osteoporosis, 17(1)

DOI: 10.1007/s11657-021-01049-7

Type: letterEditorial

Recreational physical activity and risk of incident knee osteoarthritis: an international meta-analysis of individual participant-level data

Lucy Gates, Thomas A. Perry, Yvonne M. Golightly, Amanda E. Nelson, Leigh F. Callahan, David Felson, Michael Nevitt, Graeme Jones, Cyrus Cooper, Mark, E. Batt, Maria T. Sanchez-Santos & Nigel Arden, 2021, Arthritis & Rheumatology

DOI: 10.1002/art.42001

Type: article