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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

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
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
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
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
Improving the reporting of economic evaluation in osteoporosis: the value of CHEERS 2022 statement
Mickaël Hiligsmann, Nannan Li, Cyrus Cooper, Jean-Yves Reginster, S. Silverman, C. Carswell & Don Husereau, 2022, Osteoporosis International, 33(8), 1641-1642
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-022-06400-3
Type: letterEditorial