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...
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| description | 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 whether a moderate dose of cholecalciferol and calcium improves strength and pain in a group of vitamin D deficient women. Design: Twentyfive 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. Setting: Southern parts of Stockholm. Main outcome measures: Serum 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). Results: Following the treatment, the 21 women attending had lowered cm in VAS, improved musculoskeletal strength, - and 25(OH)D levels were normalized. Conclusions: A 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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| spelling | doaj.art-47e630e4c5bb470ba62b5284a7aafd1b2022-12-22T00:16:23ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health2242-39822017-01-0176110.1080/22423982.2017.13405471340547Lower pain and higher muscular strength in immigrant women with vitamin D deficiency following vitamin D treatmentMarianne Englund0Jan Persson1Ingrid Bergström2Department of surgery at Danderyds HospitalKarolinska University Hospital StockholmKarolinska InstitutetBackground: 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 whether a moderate dose of cholecalciferol and calcium improves strength and pain in a group of vitamin D deficient women. Design: Twentyfive 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. Setting: Southern parts of Stockholm. Main outcome measures: Serum 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). Results: Following the treatment, the 21 women attending had lowered cm in VAS, improved musculoskeletal strength, - and 25(OH)D levels were normalized. Conclusions: A 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1340547Vitamin DNordic regionimmigrantsmusculoskeletal painmuscular strength |
| spellingShingle | Marianne Englund Jan Persson Ingrid Bergström Lower pain and higher muscular strength in immigrant women with vitamin D deficiency following vitamin D treatment International Journal of Circumpolar Health Vitamin D Nordic region immigrants musculoskeletal pain muscular strength |
| title | Lower pain and higher muscular strength in immigrant women with vitamin D deficiency following vitamin D treatment |
| title_full | Lower pain and higher muscular strength in immigrant women with vitamin D deficiency following vitamin D treatment |
| title_fullStr | Lower pain and higher muscular strength in immigrant women with vitamin D deficiency following vitamin D treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lower pain and higher muscular strength in immigrant women with vitamin D deficiency following vitamin D treatment |
| title_short | Lower pain and higher muscular strength in immigrant women with vitamin D deficiency following vitamin D treatment |
| title_sort | lower pain and higher muscular strength in immigrant women with vitamin d deficiency following vitamin d treatment |
| topic | Vitamin D Nordic region immigrants musculoskeletal pain muscular strength |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1340547 |
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