Expert consensus on osteoporosis risk management in patients with sleep disorders
A rate-limiting step in the prevention and early intervention of osteoporosis is identifying its asymptomatic onset. Accumulating evidence shows that sleep disorders are associated with an increased risk of osteoporosis. Given their early detectable and modifiable nature, integrating sleep disorder management into osteoporosis prevention and care pathways offers a novel approach for enhancing skeletal health. This expert consensus represents a collaborative effort by specialists in sleep medicine and orthopedics from across the world, integrating epidemiological, mechanistic, and interventional evidence to provide general guidance for prevention and clinical practice, and to foster multidisciplinary collaboration in the management of sleep disorders and osteoporosis.
Authors
- Christian Benedict (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8911-4068)
- Talant Sooronbaev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6511-5963)
- Taomei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5534-333X)
- Peiyan Ni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4889-7032)
- Zhoulong Yu
- Xiangdong Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6876-3328)
- Larry D. Sanford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8425-8778)
- Siqi Leng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1792-1346)
- Yuming Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3632-6697)
- Junying Zhou
- Lu Tan
- Katie L. Stone
- Rong Ren
- Virend K. Somers
- Xiao Tan
- Michael Furian
- Jie Shi
- Ye Zhang
- Lin Lu
- Hongqiang Sun
- Michael V. Vitiello
- Kejia Hu
- Jiamin Liao
- Yuan Shi
- Yun Kwok Wing
- Naima Covassin
- Yun Li
- Jinming Yang
- Jihui Zhang
- Pei Xue
- Yue Leng
- Alexandros N. Vgontzas
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Eastern Virginia Medical School (US)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Peking University (CN)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- West China Medical Center of Sichuan University (CN)
- California Pacific Medical Center (US)
- Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (CN)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Shantou University (CN)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Shantou University Medical College (CN)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (CN)
- National Center of Cardiology and Internal Medicine (KG)
- Peking University Sixth Hospital (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
- Old Dominion University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bone Research
- Published
- 2026-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41413-026-00562-0
- Primary Topic
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China