Lower pain and higher muscular strength in immigrant women with vitamin D deficiency following vitamin D treatment

Lower pain and higher muscular strength in immigrant women with vitamin D deficiency following vitamin D treatment

Background: Vitamin 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. Objective: To investigate...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marianne Englund, Jan Persson, Ingrid Bergström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Subjects:
Vitamin D
Nordic region
immigrants
musculoskeletal pain
muscular strength
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1340547

Internet

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1340547

Similar Items