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Review
. 2022 Jul 2:29:22-29.
doi: 10.1016/j.asmart.2022.06.001. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Vitamin D deficiency in athletes: Laboratory, clinical and field integration

Tina Shuk-Tin Ip  1 , Sai-Chuen Fu  2 , Michael Tim-Yun Ong  2 , Patrick Shu-Hang Yung  2
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Review

Vitamin D deficiency in athletes: Laboratory, clinical and field integration

Tina Shuk-Tin Ip et al. Asia Pac J Sports Med Arthrosc Rehabil Technol. .

Abstract

Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in athletes. Increased utilisation and storage depletion may be key contributing factor. We found a higher prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy (deficiency/ insufficiency) in power than endurance sport athletes, which may be related to vitamin D utilisation and reserve in skeletal muscles.

Keywords: Athletes; Musculoskeletal injury; Power sport; Supplementation; Vitamin D; Vitamin D deficiency.

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Possible causes of vitamin D deficiency.
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