Open AccessVitamin D supplementation improves neuromuscular function in older people who fall
Author(s) -
Jugdeep Dhesi
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afh209
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , placebo , ambulatory , vitamin d deficiency , incidence (geometry) , physical therapy , randomized controlled trial , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , optics
vitamin D supplementation reduces the incidence of fractures in older adults. This may be partly mediated by effects of vitamin D on neuromuscular function.
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