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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

The global approach to rehabilitation following an osteoporotic fragility fracture: a review of the rehabilitation working group of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) committee of scientific advisors
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Daniel Pinto,
M. Alshahrani,
R. Chapurlat,
Thierry Chevalley,
Elaine Dennison,
B.M. Camargos,
A. Papaioannou,
Stuart Silverman,
Jean-Francois Kaux,
N.E. Lane,
J Morales Torres,
J. Paccou,
Rene Rizzoli,
Olivier Bruyere,
& Cyrus Cooper
, 2022 , Osteoporosis International , 33 (3) , 527--540
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-021-06240-7
Type: review
An assessment of intervention thresholds for high fracture risk in Chile
Enrique Lopez Gavilanez,
Imaicela N. Luis,
Navarro G. Mario,
Helena Johansson,
Nicholas C. Harvey,
Mattias Lorentzon,
Enwu Liu,
Liesbeth Vandenput,
Eugene V. McCloskey,
& John A. Kanis
, 2022 , Archives of Osteoporosis , 18 (1) , 11
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-022-01198-3
Type: article
Lower birth weight is linked to poorer cardiovascular health in middle-aged population-based adults
Zahra Raisi-Estabragh,
Jackie Cooper,
Mae S. Bethell,
Celeste McCracken,
Adam J. Lewandowski,
Paul Leeson,
Stefan Neubauer,
Nicholas C. Harvey,
& Steffen E Petersen
, 2022 , Heart
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321733
Type: article
Novel formulations of oral bisphosphonates in the treatment of osteoporosis
Nicholas Fuggle,
Nasser Al-Daghri,
Olivier Bock,
Jaime Branco,
Olivier Bruyère,
Enrique Casado,
Etienne Cavalier,
Bernard Cortet,
Maarten de Wit,
Andrea Giusti,
Philippe Halbout,
Nicholas C Harvey,
Mickaël Hiligsmann,
Jean-Marc Kaufman,
Andreas Kurth,
Stefania Maggi,
Radmila Matijevic,
Salvatore Minisola,
Santiago Palacios,
Régis Pierre Radermecker,
Friederike Thomasius,
Sansin Tuzun,
Nicola Veronese,
John A Kanis,
Jean-Yves Reginster,
René Rizzoli,
& Cyrus Cooper
, 2022 , Aging Clinical and Experimental Research , 34 (11) , 2625--2634
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-022-02272-z
Type: review
Osteoporosis treatment in Austria-assessment of FRAX-based intervention thresholds for high and very high fracture risk
Hans P. Dimai,
Helena Johansson,
Nicholas C. Harvey,
Mattias Lorentzon,
Enwu Liu,
Liesbeth Vandenput,
Astrid Fahrleitner-Pammer,
Peter Pietschmann,
Christian Muschitz,
Eugene V. McCloskey,
& John A. Kanis
, 2022 , Archives of Osteoporosis , 17 (1)
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-022-01175-w
Type: article