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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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Recent sarcopenia definitions - prevalence, agreement and mortality associations among men: findings from population-based cohorts
Leo Westbury, Charlotte Beaudart, Olivier Bruyère, Jane A. Cauley, Peggy M. Cawthon, Alfonso Jose Cruz-Jentoft, Elizabeth Curtis, Kristine Ensrud, Roger A. Fielding, Helena Johansson, John A. Kanis, Magnus K. Karlsson, Nancy E. Lane, Laetitia Lengelé, Mattias Lorentzon, Eugene McCloskey, Dan Mellström, Anne B. Newman, Claes Ohlsson, Eric Orwoll, Jean Yves Reginster, Eva Ribom, Bjorn E. Rosengren, John T. Schousboe, Eric J. Shiroma, Nicholas Harvey, Elaine Dennison & Cyrus Cooper, 2023, Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 14(1), 565-575
DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.13160
Type: article
A study of diet in older community-dwelling adults in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the Southampton Longitudinal Study of Ageing (SaLSA)
Faidra Laskou, Gregorio Bevilacqua, Leo D. Westbury, Ilse Bloom, Pritti Aggarwal, Cyrus Cooper, Harnish P. Patel & Elaine Dennison, 2023, Frontiers in Nutrition, 9
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.988575
Type: article
A nutritional supplement containing zinc during preconception and pregnancy increases human milk zinc concentrations
Soo Min Han, Surabhi Devaraj, José G. B. Derraik, Mark H. Vickers, Fang Huang, Stephane Dubascoux, Keith Godfrey, Shiao-Yng Chan, Wei Wei Pang, Sagar K Thakkar & Wayne Cutfield, 2023, Frontiers in Nutrition, 9
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1034828
Type: article
Machine learning applied to HR-pQCT images improves fracture discrimination provided by DXA and clinical risk factors
Shengyu Lu, Nicholas R. Fuggle, Leo D. Westbury, Mícheál Ó Breasail, Gregorio Bevilacqua, Kate A. Ward, Elaine M. Dennison, Sasan Mahmoodi, Mahesan Niranjan & Cyrus Cooper, 2023, Bone, 168
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2022.116653
Type: article
Longitudinal change in bone density, geometry and estimated bone strength in older men and women from The Gambia
Mícheál Ó Breasail, Camille Parsons, Ayse Zengin, Landing Jarjou, Cyrus Cooper, Peter R Ebeling, Ann Prentice & Kate A Ward, 2023, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 38(1), 48-58
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.4727
Type: article