Low energy bone fractures associated with low vitamin D – Dec 2022

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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

1. reduced bone turnover,
2. decreased frequency of falls and
3. 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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