Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 - Sarcopenia, osteoporosis and falls - the interplay between muscle and bone
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3683-20-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 15/04/2020

Date and time	18.05.2020, at: 09:00 - 20.05.2020, at: 16:00
Regular seats	22
Course fee	6,000.00 kr.
Lecturers	Flemming Dela
ECTS credits	2.20

Contact person	Jacqueline van Hall E-mail address: jacq@sund.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. All other participants must pay the course fee. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from Nordic countries. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: 1. Understand the multifarious principle of the biology of sarcopenia and osteoporosis 2. Assess and diagnose sarcopenia and osteoporosis 3. Obtain knowledge about pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments of osteoporosis and sarcopenia 4. Perform measurements of body composition by DXA scanning, including quality control. 5. Carry out functional measures of muscle performance. 6. Present own research findings to the other students and course teachers by means of a poster and a short presentation Content Sarcopenia, falls and frailty are potentially devastating conditions that affect many people globally and present a major challenge to the functional independence and quality of life of our older population. Prevention of these conditions, and better recognition and management once present, have the potential to improve older people’s ability to remain active and independent into older age. The integral and interrelated role that sarcopenia and frailty play in the occurrence of falls and related conditions such as fractures will also be covered. Osteoporosis is a condition characterised by reduced bone mineral density (BMD) and bone quality, which leads to brittle and weak bones and increases the risk of fracture, particularly of the hip, spine and wrist. Sarcopenia is the progressive and generalised loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength or function. Both conditions share common risk factors and biological pathways, and are associated with significant physical disability, poor quality of life, and higher morbidity and mortality. Osteo-sarcopenia, a combination of osteoporosis and sarcopenia, is where individuals experience a synchronic loss of BMD and muscle mass, strength, and function which represents a huge threat to a loss of independence. Topics covered include: 1. Bone and muscle biology 2. Pathophysiology of osteoporosis and sarcopenia 3. Risk factors and clinical assessment 4. Diagnostic methods 5. Treatment options Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH: Basic and Clinical Research in Musculoskeletal Sciences All graduate programmes Language English Form The form is a combination of workshops (hands-on), lectures and student presentations. The students will be asked to present their own research (poster or oral). We have invited several prominent lectures, and some of them have already accepted (see under teachers). Lectures, student presentations & discussions, practical workshops. The 2 day course will be a mix of student excercises (functional tests (hand-grip strenght, leg power, sit-to-stand test, 6-min walk test, etc) and comparison of body compostion tests (bioimpedance, DXA scanning, skin-fold, circumference measures), group-work on designing studies followed by plenum presentations, and "classical" lectures. Course director Charlotte Suetta, MD, professor, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg hospital + Department of Medicine, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital. Flemming Dela, MD, professor, Xlab, Department of Biomedicine / Center for Healthy Aging. fdela@sund.ku.dk. Teachers Prof. Andrea Maier, University of Melbourne, Australia Prof. Tahir Masud, University of Nottingham, UK Ass Prof. Julian Alcazar, University of Toledo, Spain Prof. Peter Schwarz, University of Copenhagen, Denmark PhD, MD Barbara Rubæk Nielsen, Rigshospitalet – Glostrup, Denmark Ass prof Julie Midtgaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Prof Charlotte Suetta, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Prof. Flemming Dela, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Post doc Anders Karlsen, University of Copenhagen Klinisk lektor, overlæge, Henrik Palm, Bispebjerg-FRB., University of Copenhagen Klinisk lektor, overlæge Finn Rønholt, Herlev-gentofte hosp. , University of Copenhagen PhD student, Arthur Ingersen, University of Copenhagen (teacher in exercises) PhD student, Ronni Sahl, University of Copenhagen, (teacher in exercises) PhD student, Jakob Frandsen, University of Copenhagen (teacher in exercises) PhD student, Karina Husted, University of Copenhagen (teacher in exercises) Dates 18 - 20 May 2020 Course location Panum, building 7. Practicals and exercises in 7.02; teaching in classrooms in the Maersk tower. Registration Please register before 15 April 2020 Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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