title: Forum on aging and skeletal health: summary of the proceedings of an ASBMR workshop.
abstract: With the aging of the population, the scope of the problem of age-related bone loss and osteoporosis will continue to increase. As such, it is critical to obtain a better understanding of the factors determining the acquisition and loss of bone mass from childhood to senescence. While there have been significant advances in recent years in our understanding of both the basic biology of aging and a clinical definition of age-related frailty, few of these concepts in aging research have been evaluated adequately for their relevance and application to skeletal aging or fracture prevention. The March 2011 Forum on Aging and Skeletal Health, sponsored by the NIH and ASBMR, sought to bring together leaders in aging and bone research to enhance communications among diverse fields of study so as to accelerate the pace of scientific advances needed to reduce the burden of osteoporotic fractures. This report summarizes the major concepts presented at that meeting and in each area identifies key questions to help set the agenda for future research in skeletal aging.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. khosla.sundeep@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Sundeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khosla
authors.forename: Teresita M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Bellido
authors.forename: Marc K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Drezner
authors.forename: Catherine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Tamara B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Douglas P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Kiel
authors.forename: Barbara E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Kream
authors.forename: Meryl S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: LeBoff
authors.forename: Jane B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lian
authors.forename: Charlotte A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Clifford J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Karen K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Winer
authors.forename: Sherry S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sherman
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D035843:Biomedical Research; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D016922:Cellular Senescence; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D008903:Minerals / Q000378:metabolism*; D009043:Motor Activity; D012958:Societies, Scientific
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals