VIBE-COSHIBA
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Describing habitual levels of physical activity (PA) in older adults in terms of impact loads and how this relates to bone (VIBE-COSHIBA)
IRAS ID
155519
Contact name
Emma Clark
Contact email
Research summary
The VIBE study (Vertical Impacts in Bone in the Elderly) is an MRC funded multicentre study with the overall objective to establish whether hip bone mineral density (BMD) is optimally maintained in older age through impact loads (that occur with physical activity) beyond a threshold magnitude. A better understanding of this will help to develop strategies for preserving bone in older people based on novel lifestyle interventions. The overall VIBE study will collect data from older adult participants from two existing birth cohorts (1946 cohort and the Hertfordshire cohort study)and an additional cohort of 70-85 year old adults resident in the Bristol and Avon area (COSHIBA), as well as recruiting and assessing a prospective master athlete cohort for comparison.
The present study aims to invite participants from COSHIBA who were initially recruited in 2007 and have recently consented to be contacted about future studies. Participants will be invited to a clinic appointment in Bristol where they will carry out a range of assessments relating to musculoskeletal health (including height, weight, blood pressure, DXA/pQCT scans, hypermobility test, jumping mechanography, physical capability tests and fasting blood samples). At the appointment participants will be invited to complete a questionnaire collecting information on demographics, health and activity patterns. At the end of the clinic appointment, participants will be provided with an accelerometer which they will wear for seven days along with a time log indicating the times that they wore the accelerometer.REC name
South West - Frenchay Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/SW/0138
Date of REC Opinion
15 Aug 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion