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Research project

Establishment of a National Network on Musculoskeletal Ageing

Staff

Lead researchers

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

Research outputs

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
The association between number and ages of children and the physical activity of mothers: cross-sectional analyses from the 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 Women's Survey
Rachel F. Simpson, Kathryn R. Hesketh, Sarah R. Crozier, Janis Baird, Cyrus Cooper, Keith M. Godfrey, Nicholas C. Harvey, Kate Westgate, Hazel M. Inskip & Esther M.F. van Sluijs, 2022, PLoS ONE, 17(11)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276964
Type: article
Intervention thresholds and diagnostic thresholds in the management of osteoporosis.
John A. Kanis, Eugene V. McCloskey, Nicholas Harvey, Cyrus Cooper, Rene Rizzoli, Bess Dawson-Hughes, Stefania Maggi & Jean-Yves Reginster, 2022, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 34(12), 3155 - 3157
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-022-02216-7
Type: letterEditorial
Knee osteoarthritis and adverse health outcomes
Nicola Veronese, Germain Honvo, Olivier Bruyère, René Rizzoli, Mario Barbagallo, Stefania Maggi, Lee Smith, Shaun Sabico, Nasser Al-Daghri, Cyrus Cooper, Francesco Pegreffi & Jean-Yves Reginster, 2022, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-022-02289-4
Type: review
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, Micka?l 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
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
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