Vitamin D supplementation improves neuromuscular function in older people who fall.
Dhesi JK, Jackson SH, Bearne LM, Moniz C, Hurley MV, Swift CG, Allain TJ.
Age Ageing. 2004 Nov;33(6):589-95.
PMID: 15501836
doi:10.1093/ageing/afh20 9
CONCLUSIONS: vitamin D supplementation, in fallers with vitamin D insufficiency, has a significant beneficial effect on functional performance, reaction time and balance, but not muscle strength. This suggests that vitamin D supplementation improves neuromuscular or neuroprotective function, which may in part explain the mechanism whereby vitamin D reduces falls and fractures.
Reducing the Burden of Disease Through Adequate Intake of Vitamin D3.
A presentation at University of California, San Diego,
April 9, 2008
by William B. Grant, Ph.D