Karen Shea, MD

Associate Professor, Medicine-Geriatrics


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Department
Medicine-Geriatrics

Publications

  • Kohrt WM, Villalon KL, Barry DW. Effects of Exercise and Physical Interventions on Bone –Clinical Studies. In: Skeletal Aging and Osteoporosis: Biomechanics and Mechanobiology, M Silva, E Guo (eds), Springer 2011.
  • KL Villalon, WS Gozansky, RE Van Pelt, CM Jankowski, P Wolfe, RS Schwartz, WM Kohrt., A Losing Battle: Weight Regain Does Not Restore Weight Loss-induced Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Women, Obesity, 2011.
  • KL Villalon, VD Sherk, TA Swibas, WM Kohrt. Loss of Bone Strength in Response to Exercise-induced Weight Loss in Obese Postmenopausal Women. Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 2012.
  • KL Villalon, VD Sherk, TA Swibas, WM Kohrt. Loss of Bone Strength in Response to Exercise-induced Weight Loss in Obese Postmenopausal Women. Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 2012.
  • KL Villalon, VD Sherk, TA Swibas, WM Kohrt. Loss of Bone Strength in Response to Exercise-induced Weight Loss in Obese Postmenopausal Women. Poster presentation at the Endocrine Society Meeting in Houston.
  • Sherk, VD, Villalon, KL, Kohrt, WM. Metabolic Determinants of Skeletal Adaptations to Exercise,Exercise and Sports Science Reviews.
  • Sherk VD, Barry DW, Hansen KC, Villalon KL, Wolfe P, Johnson S, Kohrt WM. Effects of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on bone changes in male competitive road cyclists. American Society for Nutrition at Experimental Biology Annual Meeting.
  • Sherk VD, Barry DW, Hansen KC, Villalon KL, Wolfe P, Johnson S, Kohrt WM. Effects of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on bone changes in male competitive road cyclists. Poster Presentation 2012 American Society for Nutrition at Experimental Biology Annual Meeting.
  • VD Sherk, DW Barry, KL Villalon, KC Hanson, P Wolfe, WM Kohrt. Bone loss over 1 year of training and competition in female cyclists, reviewed and requires minor revisions before publication, Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine.
  • KL Villalon, DW Barry, VD Sherk, KC Hansen, P Wolfe, WM Kohrt. Calcium supplementation and PTH response to vigorous walking in postmenopausal women, Under Review March 2013, Medicine & Science In Sports & Exercise.
  • Edward L. Melanson, Kate Lyden, Kathleen M. Gavin, Ellie Gibbons, Anne Stavros, Karen L. Villalon, Pam Wolfe, and Wendy M. Kohrt.ACSM, 2013. Estrogen add-back therapy preserves spontaneous physical activity in women during ovarian hormone suppression
  • Kathleen M. Gavin, Ellie Gibbons, Anne Stavros, Karen L. Villalon, Pam Wolfe, Edward L. Melanson and Wendy M. Kohrt. ACSM 2013. Ovarian Hormone Suppression in Premenopausal Women Reduces Fat-free Mass, Resting Metabolic Rate, and 24-h Energy Expenditure
  • Kathleen M. Gavin, Ellie Gibbons, Anne Stavros, Tammie Nakamura, Karen L. Villalon, and Wendy M. Kohrt Ovarian Hormone Suppression with Estradiol Add-back Therapy in Premenopausal Women Reduces Dynamic HPA Axis Activity. ENDO 2013.
  • Shea KL, Barry DW, Sherk VD, Hansen KC, Wolfe P, Kohrt WM. Calcium Supplementation and PTH Response to Vigorous Walking in Postmenopausal Women. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2014 Feb 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24576866
  • Sherk VD, Barry DW, Villalon KL, Hansen KC, Wolfe P, Kohrt WM. Bone Loss Over 1 year of Training and Competition in Female Cyclists. Clin J Sport Med. 2013 Dec 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24326929
  • Shea KL, Gavin KM, Melanson EL, Gibbons E, Stavros A, Wolfe P, Kittelson JM, Vondracek SF, Schwartz RS, Wierman ME, Kohrt WM. Body composition and bone mineral density after ovarian hormone suppression with or without estradiol treatment. Menopause. 2015 Oct;22(10):1045-52. PubMed PMID: 25783468
  • Gavin KM, Gutman JA, Kohrt WM, Wei Q, Shea KL, Miller HL, Sullivan TM, Erickson PF, Helm KM, Acosta AS, Childs CR, Musselwhite E, Varella-Garcia M, Kelly K, Majka SM, Klemm DJ. De novo generation of adipocytes from circulating progenitor cells in mouse and human adipose tissue. FASEB J. 2015 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26581599
  • Melanson EL, Gavin KM, Shea KL, Wolfe P, Wierman ME, Schwartz RS, Kohrt WM. Regulation of energy expenditure by estradiol in premenopausal women. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2015 Nov 1;119(9):975-81. PubMed PMID: 26338457
  • Sherk VD, Wherry SJ, Barry DW, Shea KL, Wolfe P, Kohrt WM. Calcium Supplementation Attenuates Disruptions in Calcium Homeostasis during Exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2017 Jul;49(7):1437-1442. PubMed PMID: 28248693
  • Melanson EL, Ritchie HK, Dear TB, Catenecci V, Shea K, Connick E, Moehlman TM, Stothard ER, Higgins J, McHill AW, Wright KP. Daytime bright light exposure, metabolism, and individual differences in wake and sleep energy expenditure during circadian entrainment and misalignment. Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms Dec 2017;4:49-56.