Pages tagged with "Falls and Fractures"

266 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• Overview Fractures and vitamin D
• Overview Fractures and Falls and Vitamin D
• Vitamin D may prevent falls and fractures without Calcium – an overview of 9 meta-analysis
• Hip fractures and low Vitamin D - many studies
• Vertigo treated by Vitamin D - many studies
• Fewer bone and stress fractures with vitamin D - many studies
• Muscles and Vitamin D - many studies
• Diabetes increases the risk of bone fracture - many studies
• Low-energy fractures in children with low vitamin D - many studies
• Pain and swelling - typically after some distal fracture in senior women - several studies
• After Spinal Fusion, Vitamin D is better than Bisphosphonate Therapy at 1 year - meta-analysis
• No increase in falls, fractures or all-cause mortality when Vitamin D is given monthly or less often– meta-analysis
• 100,000 IU of Vitamin D monthly (27 ng) is not enough to reduce fractures and falls – meta-analysis
• Fall prevention - Vitamin D is one of the ways - umbrella review
• Vitamin D and fractures – 24 meta-analyses and counting
• Fractures 1.5 X more-likely if low serum Magnesium – meta-analysis
• Hip fracture 58 percent more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Hip fractures greatly reduced by sunshine, vitamin D, and vitamin K – meta-analysis
• More hip fractures if low vitamin D (2.1X in case-controlled studies) – meta-analysis
• Increased risk of fracture if high level of Vitamin D (if continue to take Calcium) – umbrella analysis of meta-analyses
• Hip fractures not prevented by Vitamin D (800 IU daily or large quarterly or annual doses) – meta-analysis
• Fracture risk reduced somewhat by 800 IU of vitamin D and Calcium – meta-analysis
• Active form of vitamin D (calcitriol) cut in half the fractures following organ transplant – meta-analysis
• Vitamin K (any amount and any kind) reduced bone fractures by 24 percent – meta-analysis
• Preventing Falls in Older Adults – Vitamin D combination is the best - JAMA Meta-analysis
• Vitamin D not help fractures and falls if not vitamin D deficient – meta-analysis
• Fractures not reduced by small amounts of vitamin D - meta-analysis
• Fractures reduced with any amount of vitamin D and some Calcium - Cochraine
• Vitamin D prevents falls – majority of meta-analyses conclude – meta-meta analysis
• Acute fracture patients – 70 percent were vitamin D deficient – meta-analysis
• Hip fractures reduced 30 percent with 800 IU of vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Falls not prevented by vitamin D given every 3 months or less often – meta-analysis
• Fallers often had less than 20 ng of vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Bone fractures reduced by a minimum of 800 IU vitamin D and Calcium – meta-meta-analysis
• Vitamin A increases risk of fracture if too much or too little – meta-analysis
• Vitamin D reduces falls – meta-analysis
• Meta-analysis of falls and 800+ IU of vitamin D found good results
• 800 IU vitamin D reduces falls
• 1000 IU minimum to decrease falls and fractures Swiss - 2009
• Risk of falling not changed by 1,600 and 3,200 IU Vitamin D - RCT
• Centrum Silver increased facture risk (too little of Vitamin D and Calcium) - RCT
• Bone fractures not reduced with 400 IU of Vitamin D plus Calcium (no surprise) WHI – strange RCT
• Bone density improved by monthly 50,000 IU of vitamin D for 6 months – RCT
• Muscles improved in women with 50,000 IU vitamin D weekly (8 weeks) plus daily Magnesium – RCT
• Vertigo incidence reduced 40% by just 7,000 IU Vitamin D given weekly - RCT
• Bone fractures of children not reduced if given little vitamin D, no Calcium etc. – RCT
• 1 in 3 died after hip fracture but only 1 in 14 if add Vitamin D and exercise – RCT
• Hip fracture recovery best with home exercise plus Vitamin D – RCT
• Added 1 lb of muscle to sarcopenia adults in 13 weeks with just 800 IU vitamin D and protein – RCT
• Falls not decreased by 60,000 IU Vitamin D monthly (not a news item) – RCT
• Falls cut in half by 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly - RCT 2016
• Bone healing not improved by a single bolus dose of 30,000 IU (no surprise) – RCT
• Less bone loss if take 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly – RCT
• 4X reduction in bone fractures following Kidney Transplant with monthly Vitamin D (100,000 IU) - RCT
• Younger Parkinson’s patients had better balance after 10,000 IU of vitamin D for 16 weeks – RCT
• Falls reduced by a third if achieved 40 ng level vitamin D– RCT
• Probably Fractures of the Tibia can be healed with 100,000 IU of vitamin D weekly – RCT 2023
• Perhaps fewer bone non-unions with 100,000 IU weekly of vitamin D – RCT 2018
• Muscle strength not increased by Vitamin D - 96 percent were not deficient – RCT
• 2X fewer Senior falls in group getting 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly via Meals-on-Wheels – RCT
• Elderly falls reduced 3.6 times by 900 IU of vitamin D and simple exercise – RCT
• Rate of falls reduced 2X by just 1000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
• Rate of injuries from falls cut in half by just 800 IU of vitamin D and exercise – RCT
• 39% fewer falls with 2000 IU than 800 IU – RCT
• Hip bone loss stopped with 1000 IU of vitamin D, while 400 IU similar to placebo – RCT
• Hip fracture reduced 38 percent with Calcium and just 400 IU of vitamin D – RCT
• Hip fractures reduced 2X to 6X with just 10 minutes of sunlight daily – RCT 2003-2010
• Vitamin D and Calcium best to prevent falls – RCT 2009
• More muscle response when have adequate vitamin D
• Falls and Fractures
• Vitamin D Works Best With Vitamin K for Fracture Healing – review
• Osteoporosis interactions with gut, brain, liver and kidney (not just joints)
• Nursing home residents with fewer falls had weekly, not daily Vitamin D - June 2026
• Hip fracture risk was reduced by 4 times when Vitamin D was added to estrogen treatment
• Vitamin D and exercise after hip fracture surgery – far fewer deaths
• Recommends vitamin D after hip fracture ( but not enough and no-bone building cofactors)
• Both Fracture and Falls were reduced by more than 40 ng of Vitamin D
• Surgery for Pediatric Fracures 55 X more likely if < 12 ng of Vitamin D
• Pediatric fractures heal much faster when Vitamin D levels are > 30 ng
• Low vitamin D associated with more hand injuries
• Less than 750 mg Calcium with Vitamin D to improve balance
• Hip fractures are predicted by 10 factors – low Vitamin D was the biggest risk
• Postmenopausal women need Vitamin D, protein and exercise to prevent loss of muscle and bone
• Call to action: Vitamin D to prevent of treat hip fracture (50,000 weekly for 8 weeks, then bi-weekly) – Holick
• Vitamin D Does Not Reduce Fractures in seniors (VITAL 2,000 IU D, no Calcium)
• Bariatric surgery increases risk of bone fracture (less vitamin D adsorbed)
• Childhood Fractures – consensus report on vitamin D
• Children with fracture history have lower vitamin D levels
• Leg fractures in children requiring surgery healed months faster if high vitamin D
• Vitamin D deficiency in children: 9%, but up to 75% in children with fractures
• Hip joint destroyed in months (rare) is associated with especially low Vitamin D
• Fast twitch muscles increased by Vitamin D in athletes and seniors (reduce falling)
• Hip fractures 60% more likely in people who drank a lot of milk - Greger
• Most Japanese seniors with bone fractures have less than 10 ng of vitamin D
• Total hip replacement: 14 times more likely to redo if low vitamin D
• Reducing fractures with Vitamin D and Calcium saves 3 dollars for 1 dollar invested – Europe
• Risk of Hip fracture cut in half if Vitamin D was prescribed
• Hard bones, soft arteries, rather than vice versa (Vitamin D and Vitamin K)
• Just 4,000 IU of vitamin D was not enough to halt senior falls
• Higher air pollution associated with more fractures and lower levels of vitamin D
• Falls and frailty associated with low levels of both vitamins B12 and D3
• Parkinson’s – Vitamin D, bone and falls
• Fracture treatment 2000 dollars less expensive if also use Vitamin D and Calcium
• Bones not helped by tiny Vitamin D and Mg, for a short time with no exercise
• Forearm fractures in children having low Vitamin D had 3.8 X higher risk of surgery
• Low energy bone fractures associated with low vitamin D
• Hip Fracture 2.5 times more likely if poor Vitamin D Binding Protein gene
• Hip fractures rates have been increasing since 2012
• Following hip fracture 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily improved quality of life
• Warning - High intake of Vitamin B12 and B6 found to increase risk of hip fracture by 47 percent - 2019
• Guideline following hip fracture – 50000 IU vitamin D daily for 7 days
• Hip fractures requiring hospitalization cut in half by Vitamin K1 (100 mcg per day)
• Most people with bone fractures still not getting vitamin D
• Falls reduced by Vitamin D: 13 percent reduction if more than 700 IU – review of 38 trials
• Study Finds Another Condition That Vitamin D Pills Do Not Help - NYT
• Increase in children with low vitamin D and with tibia fractures during COVID
• Perhaps higher risk of fracture if low BMD plus low vitamin D
• Low Vitamin D and Vitamin K: brittle bones and hardened arteries – LEF
• Less than 3 percent of hip fracture patients prescribed enough Vitamin D to make a difference (Malta in this case)
• Delirium 2.7 X more likely after hip fracture and low vitamin D
• Increased stress fractures during military training if low vitamin D (now in UK as well as US)
• Belgian Hospital standard of care – test all orthopedic patients for low Vitamin D
• Yet another low Vitamin D health problem with increased COVID-19 risks (Vertebral Fracture)
• Falls are the second largest cause of accidental death in the world (Vitamin D not mentioned)
• 3.5 X higher risk of death 2 years after hip fracture surgery if low vitamin D
• Increasing Vitamin D in aged care facilities to more than 800 IUs did not reduce falls
• Bone increased : Stiffness (Vitamin D), Flexibility (Vitamin K2)
• Low trauma bone fractures in seniors – considering Vitamin D loading dose for all, without testing
• Risk factors for death after hip fracture surgery – 7 of the 8 are associated with low vitamin D
• Fell more often with higher doses of vitamin D (not statistically significant)
• Deaths due to falls doubled in just a decade (age-adjusted, perhaps decreased vitamin D)
• Hip fractures reduced 16 to 33 percent by any amount of Vitamin D and Calcium
• Fractures reduced by monthly 30,000 IU of Vitamin D, perhaps 100,000 IU would be better
• Calcium by itself does not reduce risk of fractures (shown yet again)
• France wants to reduce hip fractures by drinking 10 glasses of milk daily
• Bone fractures 2.8 X more likely among cancer survivors (perhaps low vitamin D)
• Elderly with low vitamin D fall more often (Parkinson’s in this case)
• Fracture risk 40 percent higher risk if low Vitamin D
• Hip fracture rate increases in winter (subtropical Australia too)
• Hip fracture rate varies with latitude (and thus vitamin D) in Sweden
• Osteoporosis has no symptoms until a bone breaks
• Grip strength following wrist fracture increased by 50,000 IU Vitamin D monthly
• France is planning to reduce hip fractures by dairy vitamin D fortification (plan will not work) – 2017
• Vitamin D and Calcium cost-effectively reduce falls and fractures
• Vitamin D compliance 3X higher when children with fractures actually knew their low vitamin D level
• Hip fractures worse if both high PTH and low Vitamin D
• Osteomalacia (soft bones - ricket in children) – Vitamin D occurs 87 times in PDF, but not once in the abstract
• Death of older hip fracture patients at least 1.6X more likely if low vitamin D
• Fracture 4.8 X more likely if low vitamin D, Falls 2.7 X were more likely if low D
• Trauma with fracture – 2 weeks longer hospital stay if less than 10 ng vitamin D
• Bone strength (more accurate than BMD) is inversely associated with vitamin D level
• Vitamin D improves muscle strength, reduces falling, and reduces frailty – review
• Bone fractures occurred twice as often if low Magnesium
• Vitamin D receptor (TT), which restricts Vit D to cells, is associated with balance problems in seniors
• Low-energy bone fractures far more likely if poor Vitamin K ratio
• Risk of death after bone fracture was 6.6 X higher if less than 10 ng of vitamin D
• Stress fractures appear associated with low vitamin D – Global review
• Fall and fracture rates vs Vitamin D after standardization
• Primary hyperparathyroidism surgery associated with 8 X increased risk of bone fracture if low vitamin D
• 400 IU of vitamin D does not prevent fractures – US Preventive Services
• Calcium (alone) does not reduce risk of bone fracture
• Forearm fractures in children having low Vitamin D had 1.7X higher risk of surgery
• Vitamin D 2nd most recommended way to prevent next hip fracture
• Vitamin D In Older Women - Fractures, Frailty and Mortality – Buchebner thesis 2017
• Give Vitamin D to all fracture patients – cost effective to prevent nonunions
• Nonunion after elective foot or ankle reconstruction 8 times more likely if low vitamin D
• Children with forearm fractures have lower levels of vitamin D
• Healthy hips need at least 30 ng of vitamin D (Shanghai)
• Spinal fracture in lifetime – 4 out of 10 women (vitamin D helps) – 2015 2017
• Hip fracture risk reduced 6 percent for each daily dairy serving (more if full-fat dairy)
• 1 in 4 Iranian patients did not achieve 20 ng with 3700 IU vitamin D daily for a year after fracture
• Fewer falls and fractures as vitamin D is increased – 1800 to 4000 IU
• 400 IU of Vitamin D is too little and annual is too infrequent to prevent falls-fractures (no news) USPSTF
• Bone fractures heal poorly with only 1,000 IU of vitamin D (not a surprise)
• Bone loss (following gastric cancer) reduced by 16,000 IU of vitamin D every 10 days
• Omega-3 reduced fractures by a quarter (note: Omega-3 increases vitamin D in cells by a quarter)
• Few Fractures if high Magnesium intake – 2X fewer for men, 2.6X for women
• Bone fracture (low energy) 19X more likely in children if low vitamin K2
• Most Hip fracture patients had low vitamin D and protein (needed for strong bones)
• Vitamin D prescribed for fragility fractures by 66 percent of Canadian doctors, huge range in dose size
• Vitamin D insufficiency increased after hip replacement: – 38% before, 68% the next day
• Following a stroke, a hip fracture is 6X more likely if low vitamin D
• Bone fractures healed much better if more than 20ng of vitamin D
• Falls not decreased by 800 IU daily of vitamin D (proven again)
• Monthly 100,000 IU of vitamin D decreased respiratory infection but increased falls
• Many fractures in France could be avoided with Vitamin D
• Partial (proximal) hip fracture strongly associated with low Vitamin D
• 800 IU of vitamin D does not prevent enough falls to be cost effective
• 24 years ago hip fractures were reduced 24 percent in a large trial using Vitamin D and Ca
• Kaiser working to decrease hip and other fractures
• Supra-Optimal Vitamin D Status – great phrase, no detail
• Stronger hip bone associated with higher levels of vitamin D
• Free Vitamin D in New Zealand to prevent falls in nursing homes (50,000 IU monthly)
• Falls not reduced by just 8 weeks of vitamin D
• Cochrane review finds that Vitamin D helps prevent fractures– downloaded
• Vitamin D INCREASED falls – 7 reasons why the study was probably invalid
• Hip fracture 50 percent more likely if low in both vitamin D and vitamin K1
• Hip fracture 3X more likely if low vitamin D
• Yet again, 800 IU of vitamin D was found to be barely enough to help bones – Lancet
• Vitamin D not associated with PAD after adjusting for race, diabetes and BMI
• UK would save as least 636 million dollars annually by giving 800 IU vitamin D free to all seniors
• Foot and Ankle Fracture Healing – vitamin D appears promising for everyone– review
• Falls are prevented by vitamin D - provided you get enough
• Seniors need at least 4,000 IU vitamin D, no test needed – Consensus
• Long bone fracture – prediction by low vitamin D is better than low BMD
• Fractures reduced 30 percent by Omega-3 (Omega-3 activates vitamin D)
• Mobility device – 50 percent increased use (perhaps decreased vitamin D levels)
• 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
• Sarcopenia and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (vitamin D not mentioned)
• Fraser Health in Canada will be giving 20000 IU vitamin D weekly to reduce falls
• Save 2 billion dollars annually in fractures if take Vitamin D and Calcium – Frost and Sullivan
• Bone fracture in children 1.8 X more likely if born in winter (low vitamin D)
• Hip replacement 2X more likely if hip bone surgery was during winter (low vitamin D)
• Reduce chance of falling with 800 IU of vitamin D - European Food Safety Authority
• More aged are falling - even age-adjusted
• Fewer heart attacks, hip fractures and deaths if more skin cancer
• Hip fracture – not getting enough vitamin D – 2013
• Ankle strength and vitamin D lowest in winter, and were associated with more elderly falls
• Parkinson's patients having more vitamin D had better balance control
• Seniors with adequate vitamin D could rebalance themselves 80% faster, and thus not fall as often – 2013
• Task force for senior fall prevention finally recommends 800 IU of vitamin D
• Obese diabetics had low vitamin D and spine fractures
• Men with hip fracture were 1.6X more likely to have low vitamin D
• Low vitamin D, not low BMD, associated with both breaking hip and upper body bone in a fall
• 3 instead of 11 fractures with Parkinson disease when have enough sun
• The more the elderly got sunshine, the fewer falls they had - 2011
• Vertebral fracture 7X more likely in diabetic men who were vitamin D deficient
• 20 percent fewer male hip fractures if more Magnesium in the water
• Half as many hip fractures if take Calcium, hormones, and a tiny amount of vitamin D
• Male Hip fracture 1.65X more likely if low vitamin D
• Vitamin D needed to prevent and treat hip fracture, but only 20 percent got any
• Hydroaerobics added to Vitamin D and Ca significantly improved physical function
• Vitamin D was not a predictor of osteoporosis fractures
• Lower vitamin D in elderly group with fractures
• Fracture reduction vs vitamin D - trial history
• Having less than 25 ng of vitamin D was associated with severe hip fracture
• Bone fracture healing not a function of vitamin D level
• Doubt that vitamin D prevents fractures, especially without Calcium
• Hip fracture 19 percent less likely with just 4 ng higher level of vitamin D
• Only vitamin D helped prevent falls after stroke
• Vertebral fracture 3X more likely with aortic calcification – Vitamins D3 and K2
• No reduction in Finish fractures with 800 IU Vitamin D3 and Calcium
• Vitamin D reduces falls and fractures for some
• Role of the orthopaedic surgeon in fragility fractures
• Upper body bones fractured along with hip when extremely low on vitamin D
• Fracture patients with bone diseases lacked vitamin D and calcium
• Majority of animal bone fractures healed more quickly with vitamin D
• 30 percent less chance of dying after hip fracture if take vitamin D and other drugs – 2011
• Only half of bone fracture patients were given treatment, the most popular being vitamin D
• Vitamin D and calcium for the prevention of fractures
• Cochrane review finds that Vitamin D prevents falls in nursing homes – downloaded
• Cochrane review finds that Vitamin D prevents falls
• Chance of a fall decreased with vitamin D3 but increased with D2
• Both Calcium AND vitamin D needed to prevent elderly fractures
• 75 percent of hip fractures associated with vitamin D deficiency
• Just 700 IU of vitamin D and 700 mg of Calcium reduces falls and fractures
• Wrist fracture is also associated with vitamin D inadequacy
• Review of non-bone effects of vitamin D on fall prevention
• Hip fractures worse if very low on vitamin D
• Hip fracture patients had only 16 ng of vitamin D
• Risk of falls minimized with just 24 ng of vitamin D
• 2X more falls for senior men with less than 20ng of vitamin D
• Falls of elderly whites increasing 5 percent per year
• Declining hip fracture rates in the United States – unknown reason