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Clinical Trial
. 1985 Mar;14(2):76-84.
doi: 10.1093/ageing/14.2.76.

Do vitamin D supplements improve the physical capabilities of elderly hospital patients?

D Corless, E Dawson, F Fraser, M Ellis, S J Evans, J D Perry, C Reisner, C P Silver, M Beer, B J Boucher, et al.
Clinical Trial

Do vitamin D supplements improve the physical capabilities of elderly hospital patients?

D Corless et al. Age Ageing. 1985 Mar.

Abstract

A randomized double-blind controlled trial of the effect of vitamin D supplementation on the abilities of elderly hospital patients to carry out basic activities of daily life is described. Those patients included in the trial had plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations which were low or low normal as judged by the normal range in young adults. After 2 to 9 months on the trial there was no significant difference in the performance of the control and treatment groups.

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