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Klaus Engelke is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant number of publications related to orthopedics and sports medicine, physiology, surgery, biomedical engineering, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist's main research topics include bone health and osteoporosis research, hip and femur fractures, nutrition and health in aging, body composition measurement techniques, bone and joint diseases, medical imaging techniques and applications, and hip disorders and treatments.

  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Hip and femur fractures
  • Nutrition and health in aging
  • Body composition measurement techniques
  • Bone and joint diseases
  • Medical imaging techniques and applications
  • Hip disorders and treatments

Their recent papers cover a range of studies published in various journals during 2020. These include:

  • "Guidelines for the assessment of bone density and microarchitecture in vivo using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography," 2020, Osteoporosis International
  • "Opportunistic Screening Using Low-Dose CT and the Prevalence of Osteoporosis in China: A Nationwide, Multicenter Study," 2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • "Interactions between Muscle and Bone-Where Physics Meets Biology," 2020, Biomolecules
  • "Effects of High-Intensity Resistance Training on Osteopenia and Sarcopenia Parameters in Older Men with Osteosarcopenia-One-Year Results of the Randomized Controlled Franconian Osteopenia and Sarcopenia Trial (FrOST)," 2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • "Muscle Density, but Not Size, Correlates Well With Muscle Strength and Physical Performance," 2020, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Engelke frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Bone Reports
  • Osteologie/Osteology
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Bone
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology

Frequent collaborators include Oliver Chaudry, Wolfgang Kemmler, Michael Uder, Glen M. Blake, and Xiaoguang Cheng. The number of joint publications with these coauthors ranges from 13 to 27.

Best Publications

  • Primer on the metabolic bone diseases and disorders of mineral metabolism

    John P. Bilezikian;Roger Bouillon;Thomas Clemens;Juliet Compston

  • Noninvasive assessment of bone mineral and structure: state of the art.

    Harry K. Genant;Klaus Engelke;Thomas Fuerst;Claus-C. Glüer

  • Clinical use of quantitative computed tomography and peripheral quantitative computed tomography in the management of osteoporosis in adults: the 2007 ISCD Official Positions.

    Klaus Engelke;Judith E. Adams;Gabriele Armbrecht;Peter Augat

  • Pitfalls in the measurement of muscle mass: a need for a reference standard

    Fanny Buckinx;Francesco Landi;Matteo Cesari;Roger A. Fielding

  • Nutrition and physical activity in the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia: systematic review.

    Charlotte Beaudart;Charlotte Beaudart;A. Dawson;S. C. Shaw;Nicholas C. Harvey

  • Romosozumab (sclerostin monoclonal antibody) versus teriparatide in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis transitioning from oral bisphosphonate therapy: a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial

    Bente L Langdahl;Cesar Libanati;Daria B Crittenden;Michael A Bolognese

  • A new accurate and precise 3-D segmentation method for skeletal structures in volumetric CT data

    Yan Kang;K. Engelke;W.A. Kalender

  • Implant stability and histomorphometry: a correlation study in human cadavers using stepped cylinder implants

    Emeka Nkenke;Michael Hahn;Konstanze Weinzierl;Martin Radespiel-Tröger

  • Bone loss before the clinical onset of rheumatoid arthritis in subjects with anticitrullinated protein antibodies

    Arnd Kleyer;Stephanie Finzel;Jürgen Rech;Bernhard Manger

  • Benefits of 2 Years of Intense Exercise on Bone Density, Physical Fitness, and Blood Lipids in Early Postmenopausal Osteopenic Women Results of the Erlangen Fitness Osteoporosis Prevention Study (EFOPS)

    Wolfgang Kemmler;Dirk Lauber;Jürgen Weineck;Johannes Hensen

  • Advanced CT bone imaging in osteoporosis

    H. K. Genant;K. Engelke;S. Prevrhal

  • Accuracy limits for the determination of cortical width and density : the influence of object size and CT imaging parameters

    Sven Prevrhal;Klaus Engelke;Willi A Kalender

  • Executive Summary of the 2015 ISCD Position Development Conference on Advanced Measures From DXA and QCT: Fracture Prediction Beyond BMD

    John A. Shepherd;John T. Schousboe;Susan B. Broy;Klaus Engelke

  • Exercise maintains bone density at spine and hip EFOPS: a 3-year longitudinal study in early postmenopausal women.

    K. Engelke;W. Kemmler;D. Lauber;C. Beeskow

  • Power training is more effective than strength training for maintaining bone mineral density in postmenopausal women

    S. V. Stengel;W. Kemmler;R. Pintag;C. Beeskow

  • Volumetric quantitative computed tomography of the proximal femur: relationships linking geometric and densitometric variables to bone strength. Role for compact bone

    V. Bousson;A. Le Le Bras;F. Roqueplan;Y. Kang

  • Regulatory T Cells Protect from Local and Systemic Bone Destruction in Arthritis

    Mario M. Zaiss;Benjamin Frey;Andreas Hess;Jochen Zwerina

  • Guidelines for the assessment of bone density and microarchitecture in vivo using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography

    D.E. Whittier;S.K. Boyd;A.J. Burghardt;J. Paccou

  • Effects of whole body vibration on bone mineral density and falls: results of the randomized controlled ELVIS study with postmenopausal women

    S. von Stengel;W. Kemmler;K. Engelke;W. A. Kalender

  • A hierarchical 3D segmentation method and the definition of vertebral body coordinate systems for QCT of the lumbar spine

    André Mastmeyer;Klaus Engelke;Christina Fuchs;Willi A. Kalender

Frequent Co-Authors

Willi A. Kalender
Willi A. Kalender University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Harry K. Genant
Harry K. Genant University of California, San Francisco
Georg Schett
Georg Schett University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Sharmila Majumdar
Sharmila Majumdar University of California, San Francisco
Tony M. Keaveny
Tony M. Keaveny University of California, Berkeley
Jacques P. Brown
Jacques P. Brown Université Laval
Philippe K. Zysset
Philippe K. Zysset University of Bern
Mary L. Bouxsein
Mary L. Bouxsein Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Marjolein Visser
Marjolein Visser Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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