Vitamin D and muscle function in the elderly: The elixir of youth?

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 546-550

  Girgis, Christian M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls; Muscle weakness; Sarcopaenia; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; MUSCLE PROTEIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

AGED; AGING; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FRACTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRIP STRENGTH TEST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SARCOPENIA; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WELLBEING; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84925506362     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000104     Document Type: Review

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