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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: [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

Interdisciplinary Musculoskeletal Health

The University hosts a substantial interdisciplinary community of researchers working to transform musculoskeletal health across the life course.

Research outputs

An assessment of intervention thresholds for high fracture risk in Chile
Enrique Lopez Gavilanez, Imaicela N. Luis, Navarro G. Mario, Helena Johansson, Nicholas C. Harvey, Mattias Lorentzon, Enwu Liu, Liesbeth Vandenput, Eugene V. McCloskey & John A. Kanis, 2022, Archives of Osteoporosis, 18(1), 11
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-022-01198-3
Type: article
Primary hyperparathyroidism and fracture probability.
John A Kanis, Nicholas C Harvey, Enwu Liu, Liesbeth Vandenput, Mattias Lorentzon, Eugene V McCloskey, Roger Bouillon, Bo Abrahamsen, Lars Rejnmark & Helena Johansson, 2022, Osteoporosis International
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-022-06629-y
Type: article
Return to work and employment retention after uni-compartmental and total knee replacement: findings from the Clinical Outcomes in Arthroplasty study
Elena Zaballa Lasala, Georgia Ntani, E. Clare Harris, Nigel Arden, Cyrus Cooper & Karen Walker-Bone, 2022, The Knee, 40, 245-255
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2022.11.022
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
Greater pQCT calf muscle density is associated with lower fracture risk, independent of FRAX, falls and BMD
Nicholas C. Harvey, Eric Orwoll, Jane A. Cauley, Timothy Kwok, Magnus K. Karlsson, Björn E. Rosengren, Eva Ribom, Peggy M. Cawthon, Kristine Ensrud, Enwu Liu, Faidra Laskou, Kate A. Ward, Elaine M. Dennison, Cyrus Cooper, John A. Kanis, Liesbeth Vandenput, Mattias Lorentzon, Claes Ohlsson, Dan Mellström, Helena Johansson & Eugene McCloskey, 2022, JBMR Plus, 6(12)
DOI: 10.1002/jbm4.10696
Type: article