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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

Investigating the relationship between self-perception of fracture risk and prior fracture: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study.
Gregorio Bevilacqua,
Leo Westbury,
Ilse Bloom,
Jean Zhang,
Kate Ward,
Cyrus Cooper,
& Elaine Dennison
, 2022 , Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-022-02322-6
Type: article
Machine learning–derived acetabular dysplasia and cam morphology are features of severe hip osteoarthritis
Monika Frysz ,
Benjamin G. Faber,
Raja Ebsim,
Fiona R. Saunders,
Claudia Lindner,
Jennifer S. Gregory,
Richard M. Aspden,
Richard M. Aspden,
Nicholas C. Harvey,
Tim Cootes,
& Jon H. Tobias
, 2022 , Journal of Bone and Mineral Research , 37 (9) , 1720–1732
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.4649
Type: article
Greater pQCT calf muscle density is associated with lower fracture risk, independent of FRAX, falls and BMD
Nicholas C. Harvey,
Eric Orwoll,
Jane A. Cauley,
Timothy Kwok,
Magnus K. Karlsson,
Björn E. Rosengren,
Eva Ribom,
Peggy M. Cawthon,
Kristine Ensrud,
Enwu Liu,
Faidra Laskou,
Kate A. Ward,
Elaine M. Dennison,
Cyrus Cooper,
John A. Kanis,
Liesbeth Vandenput,
Mattias Lorentzon,
Claes Ohlsson,
Dan Mellström,
Helena Johansson,
& Eugene McCloskey
, 2022 , JBMR Plus , 6 (12)
DOI: 10.1002/jbm4.10696
Type: article
A review of epigenetics and its association with ageing of muscle and bone.
Nicholas Fuggle,
Faidra Laskou,
Nicholas Harvey,
& Elaine Dennison
, 2022 , Maturitas , 165 , 12--17
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2022.06.014
Type: review
Cardiovascular disease and mortality sequelae of COVID-19 in the UK Biobank
Zahra Raisi-Estabragh,
Jackie Cooper,
Ahmed Salih,
Betty Raman,
Aaron Mark Lee,
Stefan Neubauer,
Nicholas C Harvey,
& Steffen E Petersen
, 2022 , Heart , 109 (2) , 119--126
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321492
Type: article