Pages tagged with "Knee"

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

• Total knee arthroplasty – worse outcome if low vitamin D – many studies
• Knee osteoarthritis treated by Vitamin D - many studies
• Actual arthroscopic knee surgeries were not statistically better than sham surgeries - several studies
• ACL knee problems assocated with low Vitamin D - several studies
• Knee Osteoarthritis treated by vitamin D if use more than 2,000 IU daily or non-daily high dose – meta-analysis
• 4 fewer days in hospital after hip or knee replacement if good level of vitamin D
• Knee osteoarthritis: Vitamin D is the 4th best treatment – meta-analysis
• Knee joint space narrowing (Osteoarthritis) 1.5X worse with low vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Surgery complications cut in half by 300,000 IU of vitamin D 2 weeks before (hip and knee) – RCT
• Knee osteoarthritis pain reduced by 60,000 IU monthly vitamin D following loading dose – RCT
• Knee Osteoarthritis benefited by 20 ng of Vitamin D for 5 years – RCT
• Knee replacement not helped by 2,000 IU of vitamin D (both too late and too little) – RCT
• Knee osteoarthritis reduced somewhat by 50,000 IU vitamin D monthly (need more) – RCT
• Will knee osteoarthritis be prevented with 1700 IU of vitamin D – proposed RCT
• Knee Bone-On-Bone: exercise and better food are often better than surgery
• Deep vein clots after knee replacement 3X more likely if low vitamin D - cohort
• Calcium and Vitamin D for a year before knee replacement cut revisions by a third
• If You Tear a Knee Ligament, Arthritis Is Likely to Follow in 10 Years (both are related to low Vitamin D)
• ACL Knee surgery increases risk of subsequent Knee Osteoarthritis by up to 2X (both low D)
• Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: 4 more days in hospital if low Vitamin D
• Muscle strength improved after knee surgery by Vitamin D – 10 studies
• Pain in two joints (e.g. both knees) 2.7 X more likely if low Vitamin D
• 400,000 IU of Vitamin D before surgery should cost-effectively reduce infection after knee replacement
• Higher vitamin D helps regain muscle strength after knee surgery
• Hypothesis- Knee osteoarthritis is reduced by vitamin D increasing level of nitric oxide
• I needed more than Vitamin D to treat my knee osteoarthritis
• Ageing faster and more knee pain are associated with low vitamin D
• Knee osteoarthritis helped by Low Level Laser Therapy
• Oral Vitamin D much better than injection (after Knee Arthroplasty in this case)
• Pro-inflammatory cytokines cause the 74 percent drop in vitamin D after knee arthroplasty
• Knee osteoarthritis strongly associated with low Boron – 2015
• Knee Osteoarthritis (Radiographic ) 3X less if have lots of Magnesium
• Knee osteoarthritis treated with vitamin D, weekly 50,000 IU
• Knee Osteoarthritis pain cut in half by eating sesame seed powder for 2 months
• Less Knee Osteoarthritis if take more Vitamin D – 8 MRI confirmations
• Knee surgery reduced vitamin D by 40 percent in 2 days
• Knee Arthroplasty complications were 2 X more likely if low vitamin D
• Reduced knee osteoarthritis if consistently supplement with vitamin D for 2 years
• Only 1600 IU of Vitamin D to be given following knee and hip replacement trial – 2020
• Fewer Complications Following Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Normal Vitamin D Levels
• More pain after knee surgery if low vitamin D
• Knee osteoarthritis helped by vitamin D2 (40,000 IU weekly raised 57 % above 30 ng)
• Knee osteoarthritis not helped by Vitamin D (when you ignore vitamin D levels)
• Teenagers having sticky, painful knees (Osteochondrosis Dissecans) virtually always have low vitamin D
• Synovitis (knee osteoarthritis) associated with low vitamin D
• Vitamin D increasing muscle strength may reduce knee pain
• Good evidence for knee osteoarthritis and vitamin D, unsure of other OA – Review
• Knee pain in seniors predicted by low vitamin D 5 years before
• Knee osteoarthritis more painful if low vitamin D, especially among obese
• Knee Osteoarthritis 3.2X more likely to get worse if low Vitamin D and high PTH
• Knee osteoarthritis 2.3 X more likely to get worse if low level of vitamin D
• Blacks had lower vitamin D and more quantifiable pain than whites with knee osteoarthritis
• Teenage knee injury 4X increase in last decade in Philadelphia
• Knee osteoarthritis associated with low vitamin D for those under age 55
• Probability of knee osteoarthritis up 50 percent if 20 ng less vitamin D