Vitamin D supplementation improves neuromuscular function in older people who fall
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Vitamin D supplementation improves neuromuscular function in older people who fall.
BACKGROUND vitamin D supplementation reduces the incidence of fractures in older adults. This may be partly mediated by effects of vitamin D on neuromuscular function. OBJECTIVE to determine the effects of vitamin D supplementation on aspects of neuromuscular function known to be risk factors for falls and fractures. DESIGN randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. SETTING falls...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh209