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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

Management of hand osteoarthritis: from an US evidence-based medicine guideline to a European patient-centric approach.
Nicholas Fuggle,
Nathalie Bere,
Olivier Bruyere,
Mario M Rosa,
María Concepción  Prieto Yerro,
Elaine Dennison,
Fitnat Dincer,
Cem Gabay,
Ida K. Haugen,
Gabriel Herrero-Beaumont,
Mickaël Hiligsmann,
Marc C. Hochberg,
Andrea Laslop,
Radmila Matijevic,
Emmanuel Maheu,
Alberto Migliore,
Jean-Pierre Pelletier,
Regis Pierre Radermecker,
Francois Rannou,
Brigitte Uebelhart,
Daniel Uebelhart,
Nicola Veronese,
Mila Vlaskovska,
René Rizzoli,
Ali Mobasheri,
Cyrus Cooper,
& Jean-Yves Reginster
, 2022 , Aging Clinical and Experimental Research , 34 (9) , 1985--1995
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-022-02176-y
Type: review
Telomere Length and Risk of Incident Fracture and Arthroplasty
Elizabeth Curtis,
Veryan Codd,
Christopher Nelson,
Stefania D'angelo,
Qingning Wang,
Elias Allara,
Stephen K. Kaptoge,
Paul M. Matthews,
Jonathan H. Tobias,
John Danesh,
Cyrus Cooper,
Nilesh J. Samani,
& Nicholas Harvey
, 2022 , Journal of Bone and Mineral Research , 37 (10) , 1997--2004
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.4664
Type: article
Estimation of biological heart age using cardiovascular magnetic resonance radiomics.
Zahra Raisi-Estabragh,
Ahmed Salih,
Polyxeni Gkontra,
Angelica Atehortua,
Petia Radeva,
Ilaria Boscolo-Galazzo,
Gloria Menegaz,
Nicholas Harvey,
Karim Lekadir,
& Steffen E. Petersen
, 2022 , Scientific Reports , 12 (1)
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16639-9
Type: article
Determinants of muscle density and clinical outcomes: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study
Faidra Laskou,
Leo Westbury,
Nicholas Fuggle,
Nicholas Harvey,
Harnish Patel,
Cyrus Cooper,
Kate Ward,
& Elaine Dennison
, 2022 , Bone , 164
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2022.116521
Type: article
Activity behaviors in British 6-year-olds
Kathryn R. Hesketh,
Soren Brage,
Hazel Inskip,
Sarah Crozier,
Keith Godfrey,
Nicholas Harvey,
Cyrus Cooper,
& Esther M.F. van Sluijs
, 2022 , Journal of Physical Activity and Health , 19 (8) , 558 -- 565
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2021-0718
Type: article