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Stress fractures in the Israeli defense forces from 1995 to 1996. Givon U, Friedman E, Reiner A, Vered I, Finestone A, Shemer J. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2000 Apr;(373):227-32. PMID: 10810481 Serum levels of bone specific alkaline phosphatase and osteocalcin were elevated in patients with high grade stress fractures compared with control subjects with no symptoms: 37.6 versus 26.2 units/L, and 10.8 versus 8.8 ng/mL, respectively. Levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D were lower in patients with high grade stress fractures (25.3 ng/mL) than in control subjects (29.8 ng/mL). This study revealed that several parameters can distinguish soldiers with high grade stress fractures, but their predictive value and precise pathogenetic role remain unclear.

Association between serum 25(OH)D concentrations and bone stress fractures in Finnish young men. Ruohola JP, Laaksi I, Ylikomi T, Haataja R, Mattila VM, Sahi T, Tuohimaa P, Pihlajamäki H. J Bone Miner Res. 2006 Sep;21(9):1483-8. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.060607 Conclusions: A lower level of serum 25(OH)D concentration may be a generally predisposing element for bone stress fractures. Considering the obvious need of additional vitamin D in prevention of stress fractures, the effects of vitamin D fortification of foods and supplementation will be subjects of interest for future research PMID: 16939407

Calcium and vitamin d supplementation decreases incidence of stress fractures in female navy recruits. Lappe J, Cullen D, Haynatzki G, Recker R, Ahlf R, Thompson K. J Bone Miner Res. 2008 May;23(5):741-9. PMID: 18433305 doi: 10.1359/jbmr.080102 Conclusions: Generalizing the findings to the population of 14,416 women who entered basic training at the Great Lakes during the 24 mo of recruitment, calcium and vitamin D supplementation for the entire cohort would have prevented 187 persons from fracturing. Such a decrease in SFx would be associated with a significant decrease in morbidity and financial costs.

Fatigue fractures in military conscripts : A study on risk factors, diagnostics and long-term consequences Ruohola, Juha-Petri University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Helsinki University Central Hospital Centre of Military Medicine, Helsinki 2007-03-09 Doctoral dissertation (article-based) It seems likely that low vitamin D levels are related to fatigue fractures, and that an increasing trend exists between TRACP-5b bone resorption marker elevation and fatigue fracture incidence. Though seldom detected by plain radiography, fatigue fractures often underlie unclear lower leg stress-related pain occurring in the distal parts of the tibia. Femoral neck fatigue fractures, when displaced, lead to long-term morbidity in a high percentage of patients, whereas, when non-displaced, they do not predispose patients to subsequent adverse complications. Importantly, an educational intervention can diminish the incidence of fracture displacement by enhancing awareness and providing instructions for earlier diagnosis of fatigue fractures

Life has no certainty, you never know, when your destiny will turn around and provides you unwanted health trouble. Today if we look into our lifestyle then we can realize it that we are so much busy in our day to day lives that we do not even have time for healthier food, and so the reason we somehow rely on the meals which are not excellent for our health. Perhaps our stressful lifetime don't let us a chance to take in, but still it is always essential that we should give main concerns to our health so that we can do our jobs nicely.

Lääkäri Juha-Petri Ruoholan väitöskirjan mukaan liian vähäinen D-vitamiinin saanti voi altistaa rasitusmurtumien syntymiselle urheilijoille. Tutkimuksen mukaan murtumapotilailla oli selkeästi normaalia alhaisemmat D-vitamiinitasot. On olemassa erityinen TRACP5b-entsyymi (tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b), joka antaa aika selvän kuvan luun hajotuksen määrästä elimistössä. Tätä entsyymiä mitataan osteoporoosin (luukato) diagnostiikassa ja yllätyksettömästi sama entsyymi soveltui myös rasitusmurtumien osoittamiseen. Kohonnut seerumin TRACP5b-arvo nosti murtuman todennäköisyyden kahdeksankertaiseksi verrokkeihin nähden näissä Ruoholan tutkimuksissa. D-vitamiinia voi siis lämpimästi suositella urheilijoille varsinkin talvikuukausina, jolloin auringon kautta saatava D-vitamiinivaikutus on Suomessa lähes olematon.

Kovaa harjoittelevat urheilijat! Lukekaa tämä teksti! Kova harjoittelu voi aiheuttaa rasitusmurtumia alaraajan luihin ja D-vitamiinia nauttimalla voidaan rasitusmurtumien synty ehkäistä. Lääkäri Juha-Petri Ruoholan väitöskirjan mukaan liian vähäinen D-vitamiinin saanti voi altistaa rasitusmurtumien syntymiselle urheilijoille. Tutkimuksen mukaan murtumapotilailla oli selkeästi normaalia alhaisemmat D-vitamiinitasot.

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