Epidemiology of sarcopenia

…, S Khosla, CS Crowson, MK O'Connor… - Journal of the …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES: To examine patterns of muscle mass change with aging and to estimate the
prevalence of sarcopenia. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional survey. SETTING: Population‐based …

Radiation risks of medical imaging: separating fact from fantasy

WR Hendee, MK O'Connor - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
During the past few years, several articles have appeared in the scientific literature that
predict thousands of cancers and cancer deaths per year in the US population caused by …

Single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography: basic instrumentation and innovations

MK O'Connor, BJ Kemp - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
Correlation of the anatomical and functional information presented by single-photon emission
computed tomography (SPECT) and computed tomography (CT) can aid in the decision-…

Bone density and fracture risk in men

…, EJ Atkinson, MK O'Connor… - Journal of Bone and …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
We evaluated different definitions of osteoporosis in a population‐based sample of 348
men (age 22–90 years) compared with 351 women (age 21–93 years). Thirty‐six men (10%) …

Trail Making Test errors in normal aging, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia

L Ashendorf, AL Jefferson, MK O'Connor… - Archives of Clinical …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The objective of the present study was to provide normative data for Trail Making Test (TMT)
time to completion and performance errors among cognitively normal older adults, and to …

Image-guided radiovirotherapy for multiple myeloma using a recombinant measles virus expressing the thyroidal sodium iodide symporter

…, KW Peng, ME Harvey, PR Greipp, MK O'Connor… - Blood, 2004 - ashpublications.org
The Edmonston vaccine strain of measles virus (MV-Edm) propagates efficiently in a broad
range of human tumor cells, killing them selectively. However, the oncolytic potency of MV-…

The influence of age on the response of major depression to electroconvulsive therapy: a CORE Report

MK O'Connor, R Knapp, M Husain… - The American Journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
As part of a CORE, multi-site longitudinal study comparing continuation electroconvulsive
therapy (ECT) vs. continuation pharmacotherapy, the authors determined the response of 253 …

Long‐term effects of calcium supplementation on serum parathyroid hormone level, bone turnover, and bone loss in elderly women

…, WM O'Fallon, J Muhs, MK O'Connor… - Journal of Bone and …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
We report a 4‐year randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled clinical trial in 236 normal
postmenopausal women (mean age ± SE, 66.3 ± 0.2 years) who were randomized to a …

Remission of disseminated cancer after systemic oncolytic virotherapy

…, D Dingli, WG Morice, V Lowe, MK O'Connor… - Mayo Clinic …, 2014 - Elsevier
MV-NIS is an engineered measles virus that is selectively destructive to myeloma plasma
cells and can be monitored by noninvasive radioiodine imaging of NIS gene expression. Two …

Grounded theory: Managing the challenge for those facing institutional review board oversight

MK O'Connor, FE Netting, ML Thomas - Qualitative Inquiry, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
The authors examine one of the earliest systematic forms of qualitative inquiry to identify some
of the boundaries needed in grounded theory designs to provide a small corner of clarity …