ArticleJournal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences2017
The effect of Vitamin D and calcium plus Vitamin D on leg cramps in pregnant women: A randomized controlled trial.
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- Calcium supplementation (other than for preventing or treating hypertension) for improving pregnancy and infant outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Non-drug therapies for the secondary prevention of lower limb muscle cramps.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Vitamin D supplementation for term breastfed infants to prevent vitamin D deficiency and improve bone health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for leg cramps in pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Prevalence and Predictors of Leg Cramps in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of women's health · 2024Article
- Relationship Between Muscle Cramps and Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022Article
- Effects of vitamin and mineral supplementation during pregnancy on maternal, birth, child health and development outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2021Article
- Correlation between maternal and neonatal blood Vitamin D level: Study from Pakistan.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study intended to determine the effects of Vitamin D and calcium-Vitamin D in treating leg cramps in pregnant women. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis study was conducted as a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial on 126 participants, 18-35-year-old pregnant women with a minimum of two leg cramps per week who were referred to health-care centers in Tabriz-Iran in 2013. The participants were allocated to three 42 member groups using a randomized block design. For 42 days, the intervention groups took a 1000 unit Vitamin D pill or 300 mg calcium carbonate plus a 1000 unit Vitamin D pill, and the control group received a placebo pill every day. The participants were evaluated with regard to the frequency, length, and pain intensity of leg cramps during the week before and during the 3
resultsResults showed that controlling for the effects before the intervention, calcium-Vitamin D, and Vitamin D supplements had no effect on the frequency, length, and pain intensity of leg cramps.
conclusionThe results of this study showed that the calcium-Vitamin D and the Vitamin D supplements have no effect on the frequency, length, and pain intensity of leg cramps during the 6 weeks of the study.
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