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Kristen Marie Beavers, PhD
Kristen Marie Beavers, PhD
Professor,
Gerontology and Geriatrics, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
Kristen Marie Beavers, PhD
Professor, Gerontology and Geriatrics, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
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Professor, Gerontology and Geriatrics, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
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Gerontology and Geriatrics, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
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The Bone, Exercise, Alendronate, and Caloric Restriction (BEACON) trial design and methods.
Beavers KM, Wolle BR, Ard JD, Beavers DP, Biehl O, Brubaker PH, Burghardt AJ, Calderone CT, Carballido-Gamio J, Fanning J, Kohrt WM, Love M, MacLean CM, Nicklas BJ, Stapleton J, Swanson CM, Weaver AA, Worden M, Wherry SJ. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Nov; 146:107692.
Strategies to reduce the onset of sleeve gastrectomy associated bone loss (STRONG BONES): Trial design and methods.
Stapleton JR, Ard JD, Beavers DP, Cogdill LS, Fernandez AZ, Howard MJ, Justice JN, Lynch SD, Newman JJ, Weaver AA, Beavers KM. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2023 Aug; 34:101181.
Effect of exercise modality and weight loss on changes in muscle and bone quality in older adults with obesity.
Madrid DA, Beavers KM, Walkup MP, Ambrosius WT, Rejeski WJ, Marsh AP, Weaver AA. Exp Gerontol. 2023 Apr; 174:112126.
Effect of Baseline BMI and IL-6 Subgroup Membership on Gait Speed Response to Caloric Restriction in Older Adults with Obesity.
Hsieh KL, Neiberg RH, Beavers KM, Rejeski WJ, Messier SP, Nicklas BJ, Beavers DP. J Nutr Health Aging. 2023; 27(4):285-290.
Risedronate use may blunt appendicular lean mass loss secondary to sleeve gastrectomy: Results from a pilot randomized controlled trial.
Flores LE, Beavers KM, Beavers DP, Greene KA, Madrid DA, Miller RM, Ard JD, Bilek LD, Weaver AA. JCSM Rapid Commun. 2023; 6(1):18-25.
Learning More About Preventing Bone Loss in Older Adults that Have Lost Weight
