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Roland Chapurlat is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with particular specialization in orthopedics and sports medicine, rheumatology, surgery, oncology, and physiology. The scientist's work consistently engages with topics related to bone health and osteoporosis research, bone health and treatments, hip and femur fractures, bone and joint diseases, rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies, nutrition and health in aging, and bone tumor diagnosis and treatments.

Their publication record includes notable recent papers such as:

  • Guidelines for the assessment of bone density and microarchitecture in vivo using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography, 2020, Osteoporosis International
  • The clinical application of high-resolution peripheral computed tomography (HR-pQCT) in adults: state of the art and future directions, 2021, Osteoporosis International
  • Update of the fracture risk prediction tool FRAX: a systematic review of potential cohorts and analysis plan, 2022, Osteoporosis International
  • Romosozumab improves lumbar spine bone mass and bone strength parameters relative to alendronate in postmenopausal women: results from the Active-Controlled Fracture Study in Postmenopausal Women With Osteoporosis at High Risk (ARCH) trial, 2021, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Previous fracture and subsequent fracture risk: a meta-analysis to update FRAX, 2023, Osteoporosis International

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Roland Chapurlat include:

  • Paweł Szulc
  • Elisabeth Sornay-Rendu
  • Blandine Merle
  • Éric Lespessailles
  • Emmanuel Biver

Their research has been featured prominently in key publication venues, including:

  • Revue du Rhumatisme
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Osteoporosis International
  • Bone Reports
  • Bone

This profile presents Roland Chapurlat's contributions across multiple medical subfields centered on skeletal health and disease, highlighting a consistent publication activity and collaboration within their research network.

Best Publications

  • 10 years of denosumab treatment in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis: results from the phase 3 randomised FREEDOM trial and open-label extension

    Henry G Bone;Rachel B Wagman;Maria L Brandi;Jacques P Brown

  • A meta-analysis of trabecular bone score in fracture risk prediction and its relationship to FRAX.

    Eugene V McCloskey;Anders Odén;Nicholas C Harvey;William D Leslie

  • Obesity is not protective against fracture in postmenopausal women: GLOW.

    Juliet E. Compston;Nelson B. Watts;Roland D. Chapurlat;Cyrus Cooper

  • 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

  • A meta-analysis of the association of fracture risk and body mass index in women

    Helena Johansson;John A. Kanis;Anders Odén;Eugene McCloskey

  • Five years of denosumab exposure in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis: results from the first two years of the FREEDOM extension.

    Socrates Papapoulos;Roland Chapurlat;Cesar Libanati;Maria Luisa Brandi

  • Republished: Value of biomarkers in osteoarthritis: current status and perspectives

    M. Lotz;Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Claus Christiansen;Maria Luisa Brandi

  • Efficacy and safety of strontium ranelate in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: results of a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

    Jean-Yves Reginster;Janusz Badurski;Nicholas Bellamy;William Bensen

  • Value of biomarkers in osteoarthritis: current status and perspectives

    M. Lotz;Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Claus Christiansen;Maria Luisa Brandi

  • Long‐Term Effects of Intravenous Pamidronate in Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone

    Roland D. Chapurlat;Pierre D. Delmas;Daniel Liens;Pierre J. Meunier

  • Cortical and trabecular bone microarchitecture as an independent predictor of incident fracture risk in older women and men in the Bone Microarchitecture International Consortium (BoMIC): a prospective study

    Elizabeth J Samelson;Kerry E Broe;Hanfei Xu;Laiji Yang

  • The effect of three or six years of denosumab exposure in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis: results from the FREEDOM extension.

    Henry G. Bone;Roland D Chapurlat;Maria-Luisa Brandi;Jacques P Brown

  • Relationship of weight, height, and body mass index with fracture risk at different sites in postmenopausal women: the Global Longitudinal study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW).

    Juliet E. Compston;Julie M. Flahive;David W. Hosmer Jr.;Nelson B. Watts

  • Trabecular bone score improves fracture risk prediction in non-osteoporotic women: the OFELY study

    S. Boutroy;D. Hans;E. Sornay-Rendu;N. Vilayphiou

  • Impact of Prevalent Fractures on Quality of Life: Baseline Results From the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women

    Jonathan D. Adachi;Silvano Adami;Stephen H. Gehlbach;Frederick A. Anderson Jr.

  • A randomized, placebo-controlled study of the effects of denosumab for the treatment of men with low bone mineral density

    Eric Orwoll;Christence S Teglbjærg;Bente Lomholt Langdahl;Roland Chapurlat

  • Bone remodelling in humans is load-driven but not lazy

    Patrik Christen;Patrik Christen;Keita Ito;Rafaa Ellouz;Stephanie Boutroy

  • Use of bisphosphonates among women and risk of atrial fibrillation and flutter: population based case-control study

    Henrik Toft Sørensen;Steffen Christensen;Frank Mehnert;Lars Pedersen

  • Fibrous dysplasia of bone and McCune-Albright syndrome.

    Roland D. Chapurlat;Philippe Orcel

  • 2012 update of French guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis

    Karine Briot;Bernard Cortet;Thierry Thomas;Maurice Audran

Frequent Co-Authors

Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Jean-Yves Reginster
Jean-Yves Reginster University of Liège
Jonathan D. Adachi
Jonathan D. Adachi McMaster University
Juliet E. Compston
Juliet E. Compston University of Cambridge
Kenneth G. Saag
Kenneth G. Saag University of Alabama at Birmingham
Susan L. Greenspan
Susan L. Greenspan University of Pittsburgh
Adolfo Diez-Perez
Adolfo Diez-Perez Autonomous University of Barcelona
Steven Boonen
Steven Boonen KU Leuven
Olivier Bruyère
Olivier Bruyère University of Liège

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