Effects of a long-term vitamin D and calcium supplementation on falls and parameters of muscle function in community-dwelling older individuals

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 315-322

  Pfeifer, M ^a   Begerow, B ^a   Minne, H W ^a   Suppan, K ^b   Fahrleitner Pammer, A ^b   Dobnig, H ^b  

^a Institute of Clinical Osteology Gustav Pommer   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calcium supplementation; Elderly; Falls; Muscle function; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM;

ADVERTIZING; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARAMETER; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; THERAPY EFFECT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CALCIUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D;

EID: 58149473095     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-008-0662-7     Document Type: Article

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