Pages tagged with "Falls and Fractures"
- Acute fracture patients – 70 percent were vitamin D deficient – meta-analysis
- Vitamin D prescribed for fragility fractures by 66 percent of Canadian doctors, huge range in dose size
- Hip Fracture 2.5 times more likely if poor Vitamin D Binding Protein gene
- 2X fewer Senior falls in group getting 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly via Meals-on-Wheels – RCT
- 800 IU of vitamin D does not prevent enough falls to be cost effective
- Bone strength (more accurate than BMD) is inversely associated with vitamin D level
- Delirium 2.7 X more likely after hip fracture and low vitamin D
- Long bone fracture – prediction by low vitamin D is better than low BMD
- Foot and Ankle Fracture Healing – vitamin D appears promising for everyone– review
- Fractures reduced 30 percent by Omega-3 (Omega-3 activates vitamin D)
- Mobility device – 50 percent increased use (perhaps decreased vitamin D levels)
- Rate of injuries from falls cut in half by just 800 IU of vitamin D and exercise – RCT
- Vitamin D improves muscle strength, reduces falling, and reduces frailty – review
- 800 IU of vitamin D does not prevent falls (nope, need at least 2,000)
- Frequent falls in nursing home more likely due to drug haze than low vitamin D
- Hip fracture outcome 5X more likely to be poor if low vitamin D
- Falls not prevented by vitamin D given every 3 months or less often – meta-analysis
- Vitamin D prevents falls – majority of meta-analyses conclude – meta-meta analysis
- Vitamin D and fractures – 24 meta-analyses and counting
- Falls are prevented by vitamin D - provided you get enough