Low energy bone fractures associated with low vitamin D
Vitamin D Supplementation and Its Impact on Different Types of Bone Fractures
Nutrients Volume 15 Issue 1 10.3390/nu15010103
by Jakub Erdmann 1, ORCID,Michal Wicinski 1,Pawel Szyperski 1,Sandra Gajewska 1,Jakub Ohla 2 andMaciej Slupski 3
1 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, M. Curie 9, 85-090 Bydgoszcz, Poland
2 Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, M. Curie 9, 85-090 Bydgoszcz, Poland
3 Department of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, M. Curie 9, 85-090 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Vitamin D helps to balance the levels of calcium and phosphorus to maintain proper bone structure. It is also involved in essential biological roles and displays a wide spectrum of potential benefits in the human body. Since there are many types of fractures that occur at specific ages and due to different circumstances, the influence of vitamin D on the frequency of a particular fracture may differ.
Thus, the authors investigated the possible preventive effect of vitamin D on the risks of
vertebral fractures,
hip fractures,
stress fractures and
pediatric fractures.
Additional aspects of vitamin D, especially on recuperation after injures and its impact on the severity of particular fractures, were also discussed.
It was suggested that vitamin D supplementation may contribute to a reduction in hip fracture risk due to
reduced bone turnover,
decreased frequency of falls and
improved muscle function.
Furthermore, vitamin D appears to
- lower the risk of stress fractures in athletes and military recruits.
Due to a nonunified protocol design, presented investigations show inconsistencies between vitamin D supplementation and a decreased risk of vertebral fractures. However, a vitamin D preventive effect on pediatric fractures seems to be implausible.
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