Citation

Dhesi JK, Jackson SH, Bearne LM, Moniz C, Hurley MV, Swift CG, Allain TJ. Age Ageing 2004; 33(6): 589-595.

Affiliation

Elderly Day Hospital, Thomas Guy House, Guys Hospital, St Thomas Street, London SE1, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/ageing/afh209

PMID

15501836

Abstract

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 clinic taking referrals from general practitioners and accident and emergency department. SUBJECTS: 139 ambulatory subjects (>/=65 years) with a history of falls and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD)