OARSI-ESCEO Symposium

Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis re-visited: Are they linked, and if so, how?

Chairpersons: Jean-Yves Reginster & Ali Mobasheri

• Introduction - Jean-Yves Reginster
• Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis: does the epidemiology suggest an inverse or collinear relationship? - Elaine Dennison
• Can we reach a unifying pathophysiologic framework for these two common musculoskeletal disorders? - Roland Chapurlat
• Obesity, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis: any evidence for shared pathogenesis? - Nancy Lane
• Physical activity, OA and osteoporosis: protective or risky? - Stephen Messier
• Conclusion - Cyrus Cooper