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Overview

Alan J. Silman is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on surgery, rheumatology, epidemiology, pharmacology, and general health professions.

Their research encompasses key topics including musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, chronic disease management strategies, orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, total knee arthroplasty outcomes, osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, and orthopedic infections and treatments.

Recent papers by the researcher include:

  • Musculoskeletal pain and loneliness, social support and social engagement among older adults: Analysis of the Oxford Pain, Activity and Lifestyle cohort (2020, Musculoskeletal Care)
  • The role of the microbiome in rheumatoid arthritis: a review (2023, Rheumatology Advances in Practice)
  • Erectile dysfunction predicts mortality in middle-aged and older men independent of their sex steroid status (2022, Age and Ageing)
  • Does pre-existing morbidity influences risks and benefits of total hip replacement for osteoarthritis: a prospective study of 6682 patients from linked national datasets in England (2021, BMJ Open)
  • Are Janus kinase inhibitors safe and effective in treating the key clinical domains of psoriatic arthritis? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022, International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases)

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as BMJ Open, Lara D. Veeken, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), British Journal of Surgery, and Rheumatology Advances in Practice.

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Alan J. Silman include Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Nigel Arden, Anne Lübbeke, George Peat, and Kelvin P. Jordan.

Alan J. Silman has been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • 2010 rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: an American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative.

    Daniel Aletaha;Tuhina Neogi;Alan J. Silman;Julia Funovits

  • UK biobank: an open access resource for identifying the causes of a wide range of complex diseases of middle and old age

    Cathie Sudlow;John Edward Gallacher;Naomi Allen;Valerie Beral

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Body mass index as a predictor of fracture risk: A meta-analysis

    C De Laet;JA Kanis;A Oden;H Johanson

  • Identification of late-onset hypogonadism in middle-aged and elderly men.

    Frederick C.W. Wu;Abdelouahid Tajar;Jennifer M. Beynon;Stephen R. Pye

  • Predictive Value of BMD for Hip and Other Fractures

    Olof Johnell;John A Kanis;Anders Oden;Helena Johansson

  • A meta-analysis of previous fracture and subsequent fracture risk

    J A Kanis;O Johnell;C De Laet;Helena Johansson

  • Characterizing the quantitative genetic contribution to rheumatoid arthritis using data from twins

    Alexander J. MacGregor;Harold Snieder;Alan S. Rigby;Markku Koskenvuo

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • The use of clinical risk factors enhances the performance of BMD in the prediction of hip and osteoporotic fractures in men and women.

    J A Kanis;Anders Odén;O Johnell;Helena Johansson

  • Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Epidemiology and genetics of rheumatoid arthritis.

    Alan J Silman;Jacqueline E Pearson

  • THE PREVALENCE OF VERTEBRAL DEFORMITY IN EUROPEAN MEN AND WOMEN: THE EUROPEAN VERTEBRAL OSTEOPOROSIS STUDY

    T. W. O'Neill;D. Felsenberg;J. Varlow;C. Cooper

  • Smoking and fracture risk: a meta-analysis

    J A Kanis;O Johnell;Anders Odén;Helena Johansson

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of early arthritis: report of a task force of the European Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT)

    Bernard Combe;Robert Landewé;Cedric Lukas;Horatio D Bolosiu

  • Statistical methods for assessing observer variability in clinical measures.

    P. Brennan;A. Silman

  • EULAR evidence based recommendations for the management of fibromyalgia syndrome

    S F Carville;S Arendt-Nielsen;H Bliddal;F Blotman

  • Rates of serious infection, including site-specific and bacterial intracellular infection, in rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy: results from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register.

    W. G. Dixon;K. Watson;M. Lunt;K. L. Hyrich

  • A meta-analysis of prior corticosteroid use and fracture risk.

    John A Kanis;Helena Johansson;Anders Oden;Olof Johnell

  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis disruptions in older men are differentially linked to age and modifiable risk factors: the European Male Aging Study.

    Frederick C W Wu;Abdelouahid Tajar;Stephen R Pye;Alan J Silman

Frequent Co-Authors

Terence W. O'Neill
Terence W. O'Neill University of Manchester
Gary J. Macfarlane
Gary J. Macfarlane University of Aberdeen
Deborah P. M. Symmons
Deborah P. M. Symmons University of Manchester
Mark Lunt
Mark Lunt University of Manchester
Felipe F. Casanueva
Felipe F. Casanueva University of Santiago de Compostela
Wendy Thomson
Wendy Thomson University of Manchester
Ilpo Huhtaniemi
Ilpo Huhtaniemi Imperial College London
Steven Boonen
Steven Boonen KU Leuven
Aleksander Giwercman
Aleksander Giwercman Lund University

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