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ReviewCalcified tissue international2024

The Interconnection Between Muscle and Bone: A Common Clinical Management Pathway.

Cassandra Smith, Marc Sim, Jack Dalla Via, Itamar Levinger, Gustavo Duque

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Review in Calcified tissue international, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Association between myosteatosis and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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  5. Associations of muscle strength and functional power with longitudinal change in HR-pQCT bone parameters: the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2026
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  7. HR-pQCT skeletal phenotype clustering associated with muscle function in older men and women: The Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA).Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2026
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  14. Bone-muscle interactions.Osteoporosis and sarcopenia · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Cassandra SmithSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2517-2824
Marc SimSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5166-0605
Jack Dalla ViaSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1815-0838
Itamar LevingerInstitute for Health and Sport (IHES), Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9194-2033
Gustavo DuqueBone, Muscle & Geroscience Research Group, Research Institute of the MUHC, Montreal, QC, Canada. gustavo.duque@mcgill.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-8126-0637
Edith Cowan University · AUMcGill University Health Centre · CAWestern Health · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Often observed with aging, the loss of skeletal muscle (sarcopenia) and bone (osteoporosis) mass, strength, and quality, is associated with reduced physical function contributing to falls and fractures. Such events can lead to a loss of independence and poorer quality of life. Physical inactivity (mechanical unloading), especially in older adults, has detrimental effects on the mass and quality of bone as well as muscle, while increases in activity (mechanical loading) have positive effects. Emerging evidence suggests that the relationship between bone and muscle is driven, at least in part, by bone-muscle crosstalk. Bone and muscle are closely linked anatomically, mechanically, and biochemically, and both have the capacity to function with paracrine and endocrine-like action. However, the exact mechanisms involved in this crosstalk remain only partially explored. Given older adults with lower bone mass are more likely to present with impaired muscle function, and vice versa, strategies capable of targeting both bone and muscle are critical. Exercise is the primary evidence-based prevention strategy capable of simultaneously improving muscle and bone health. Unfortunately, holistic treatment plans including exercise in conjunction with other allied health services to prevent or treat musculoskeletal disease remain underutilized. With a focus on sarcopenia and osteoporosis, the aim of this review is to (i) briefly describe the mechanical and biochemical interactions between bone and muscle; (ii) provide a summary of therapeutic strategies, specifically exercise, nutrition and pharmacological approaches; and (iii) highlight a holistic clinical pathway for the assessment and management of sarcopenia and osteoporosis.

Indexed as

OsteoporosisSarcopeniaAgedCritical PathwaysHumansMuscle, SkeletalQuality of LifeAllied healthBone–muscle crosstalkDietExerciseOsteosarcopenia

Identifiers

PMID37922021
OpenAlexW4388289227

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