Is fall prevention by vitamin D mediated by a change in postural or dynamic balance?

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 656-663

  Bischoff Ferrari, H A ^a,b,c   Conzelmann, M ^d   Stahelin H B ^c   Dick, W ^c   Carpenter, M G ^e,f   Adkin, A L ^e,g   Theiler, R ^h   Pfeifer, M ⁱ   Allum, J H J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Felix Platter Spital ^*  (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Institute for Clinical Osteology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Fall prevention; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURAL BALANCE; SWITZERLAND; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33645754763     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-005-0030-9     Document Type: Article

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