ReviewJournal of osteoporosis2023
Additive Effects of Exercise and Vitamin D Supplementation (with and without Calcium) on Bone Mineral Density in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in Journal of osteoporosis, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exercise for fracture prevention - evidence and consensus-based practice guideline of the osteology umbrella association (DVO).BMC endocrine disorders · 2026Guideline
- Pooled it
- Effect of combined exercise and nutrition on bone density in postmenopausal women-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nutrition & metabolism · 2025Article
- [Quintessence of the new guidelines on physical training and fracture prophylaxis].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2025Review
- Effects of Resistance Exercise with and without Blood Flow Restriction on Acute Hemodynamic Responses: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Associations of micronutrient dietary patterns with sarcopenia among US adults: a population-based study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Exercise is a recognized component in the prevention and therapy of osteoporosis. The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the effect of Vitamin D (Vit-D) added to exercise versus exercise alone on bone mineral density (BMD) at the lumbar spine (LS) or hip in older adults. A systematic review based on six literature databases according to PRISMA included (a) exercise trials, with an exercise (EX) and a combined exercise + Vit-D group (EX + Vit-D), (b) intervention ≥ 6 months, and (c) BMD assessments at LS or hip. Effects sizes (MD) and 95%-confidence intervals (95%-CI) were calculated using a random-effect model that includes the inverse heterogeneity model (IVhet). Five studies with 281 participants in the EX and 279 participants in the EX + Vit-D were included. No significant differences between EX versus EX + Vit-D were observed for BMD-LS (MD: 0.002, 95%-CI: -0.033 to 0.036) or BMD-hip (MD: 0.003, 95%-CI: -0.035 to 0.042). Heterogeneity between the trial results was moderate-substantial for LS (
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