A Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Effect of 2-Year Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid Supplementation on Physical Performance, Strength, and Falling: Additional Findings from the B-PROOF Study

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 18-27

  Swart, Karin M A ^a   Ham, Annelies C ^b   van Wijngaarden, Janneke P ^c   Enneman, Anke W ^b   van Dijk, Suzanne C ^b   Sohl, Evelien ^a   Brouwer Brolsma, Elske M ^c   van der Zwaluw, Nikita L ^c   Carola Zillikens, M ^b   Dhonukshe Rutten, Rosalie A M ^c   van der Velde, Nathalie ^b   Brug, Johannes ^a   Uitterlinden, André G ^b   de Groot, Lisette C P G M ^c   Lips, Paul ^a   van Schoor, Natasja M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Falling; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Physical function; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WALKING; AGING; BLOOD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; FITNESS; HAND STRENGTH; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HAND STRENGTH; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PHYSICAL FITNESS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84953369790     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: 14320827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-015-0059-5     Document Type: Article

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