ArticleInternational journal of circumpolar health2017
Lower pain and higher muscular strength in immigrant women with vitamin D deficiency following vitamin D treatment.
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- Associations between Pregnancy-Related Symptoms, Serum 25(OH)D, and Physical Quality of Life in Pregnant Women.Nutrients · 2022Article
- A Review of Vitamin D in Spinal Surgery: Deficiency Screening, Treatment, and Outcomes.International journal of spine surgery · 2020Article
- From being restrained to recapturing vitality: non-western immigrant women's experiences of undergoing vitamin D treatment after childbirth.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2019Article
- Comorbidity and health-related quality of life in Somali women living in Sweden.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2019Article
- The Preoperative Supplementation With Vitamin D Attenuated Pain Intensity and Reduced the Level of Pro-inflammatory Markers in Patients After Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundVitamin D deficiency is common among immigrants in the Nordic region. It may lead to osteomalacia with severe musculoskeletal pain. There are reports that vitamin D deficiency without osteomalacia may lead to pain but little is known of the effect of treatment.
objectiveTo investigate whether a moderate dose of cholecalciferol and calcium improves strength and pain in a group of vitamin D deficient women.
designTwentyfive immigrant women with vitamin D deficiency diagnosed during pregnancy were treated postpartum with a daily dose of 1,600 IU cholecalciferol and 1,000 mg of calcium. They were examined at the start of treatment and again after 3 months of treatement and the results were statistically compared.
settingSouthern parts of Stockholm.
main outcome measuresSerum 25-hydroyvitamin D (25(OH)D), serum-parathyroid hormone (PTH), pain measured by a visual analogue scale (VAS), musculoskeletal strength by performance on a chair stand test (seconds), and bone tenderness by pressure algometer (kilo-Pascal).
resultsFollowing the treatment, the 21 women attending had lowered cm in VAS, improved musculoskeletal strength, - and 25(OH)D levels were normalized.
conclusionsA moderate dose of vitamin D normalized l vitamin D levels, improved muscular strength and reduced pain in this group of vitamin D deficient immigrant women.
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