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Research project

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

Epigenetic regulation of bone mass
Elizabeth Curtis, Nicholas Fuggle, Cyrus Cooper & Nicholas Harvey, 2022, Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 36(2)
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2021.101612
Type: article
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
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
Risk of revision arthroplasty surgery after exposure to physically demanding occupational or leisure activities: a systematic review
Elena Zaballa Lasala, E. Clare Harris, Cyrus Cooper, Catherine Linaker & Karen Walker-Bone, 2022, PLoS ONE, 17(2 February)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264487
Type: article
Attributes and definitions of locomotor capacity in older people: A World Health Organisation (WHO) locomotor capacity working group meeting report
N. Veronese, Germain Honvo, Jotheeswaran Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan, René Rizzoli, Cyrus Cooper, Olivier Bruyere, Christopher Mikton, Yuka Sumi, Theresa Diaz, Jean-Yves Reginster, Anushu Banerjee & Nicholas Harvey, 2022, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 34(3), 481-483
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-022-02080-5
Type: letterEditorial
Osteoporosis in Europe: a compendium of country-specific reports
Carl Willers, Nicholas Norton, Nicholas C Harvey, Trolle Jacobson, Helena Johansson, Mattias Lorentzon, Eugene V McCloskey, Fredrik Borgström & John A Kanis, 2022, Archives of Osteoporosis, 17(1), 23
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-021-00969-8
Type: article