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

Time for revival of bone biopsy with histomorphometric analysis in chronic kidney disease (CKD): moving from skepticism to pragmatism.

Maria Fusaro,

Giulia Vanessa Re Sarto,

Maurizio Gallieni,

Laura Cosmai,

Pieregiorgio Messa,

Maurizio Rossini,

Iacopo Chiodini,

Mario Plebani,

Pieter Evenepoel,

Nicholas Harvey,

S. Ferrari,

Jorge B Cannata-Andía,

Andrea Trombetti,

Maria Luisa Brandi,

Markus Ketteler,

Thomas L. Nickolas,

John Cunningham,

Syazrah Salam,

Carlo Della Rocca,

Aldo Scarpa,

Salvatore Minisola,

Fabio Malberti,

Filomena Cetani,

Mario Cozzolino,

Sandro Mazzaferro,

Luigi Morrone,

Giovanni Tripepi,

Martina Zaninotto,

Maria Cristina Mereu,

Maura Ravera,

Giuseppe Cianciolo,

Gaetano La Manna,

Andrea Aghi,

Sandro Giannini,

& Luca Dalle Carbonare

, 2022 , Nutrients , 14 (9)

DOI: 10.3390/nu14091742

Type: review

Improved fracture risk prediction by adding VFA-identified vertebral fracture data to BMD by DXA and clinical risk factors used in FRAX

Lisa Johansson,

H. Johansson,

Kristian F. Axelsson,

H. Litsne,

Nicholas Harvey,

E. Liu,

W.D. Leslie,

Lisbeth Vandenput,

Eugene McCloskey,

J. A. Kanis,

& M. Lorentzon

, 2022 , Osteoporosis International , 33 (8) , 1725--1738

DOI: 10.1007/s00198-022-06387-x

Type: article

Relationships between muscle parameters and history of falls and fractures in the Hertfordshire Cohort Study: do all muscle components relate equally to clinical outcomes?

Faidra Laskou,

Leo Westbury,

Nicholas Fuggle,

Mark Edwards,

Cyrus Cooper,

& Elaine Dennison

, 2022 , Calcified Tissue International , 111 (3) , 242--247

DOI: 10.1007/s00223-022-00986-w

Type: article

Potential adverse effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on bisphosphonate efficacy: an exploratory post hoc analysis from a randomized controlled trial of clodronate

Z. Zheng,

Helena Johansson,

Nicholas Harvey,

M. Lorentzon,

Lisbeth Vandenput,

E. Liu,

J A. Kanis,

& E. V. McCloskey

, 2022 , Journal of Bone and Mineral Research , 37 (6) , 1117--1124

DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.4548

Type: article

Maternal and fetal genetic variation in vitamin D metabolism and umbilical cord blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D

Rebecca Moon,

Laura, Diana Frances Cooke,

Stefania D'angelo,

Elizabeth Curtis,

Philip Titcombe,

Justin Davies,

Keith Godfrey,

Jane Cleal,

Rohan Lewis,

Cyrus Cooper,

& Nicholas Harvey

, 2022 , Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism , 107 (8) , E3403--E3410

DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgac263

Type: article