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Nutrition Research
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Vitamin D - Low Back Pain
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Faraj SA, Mutairi KA. Vitamin D Deficiency and Chronic Low Back Pain in Saudi Arabia. Spine 2003; 28:177-179.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the contribution of vitamin D deficiency as a cause for chronic low back pain.
This study showed that Vitamin D deficiency is a major contributor to chronic low back pain and that screening for vitamin D deficiency and treatment with supplements should be mandatory.
The study included 360 patients who had experienced low back pain that had no obvious cause for more than 6 months.
The patients ranged in age from 15 to 52 years.
Blood test for vitamin D levels were taken before and after treatment with vitamin D supplements.
Findings showed that 83% of the study patients had an abnormally low level of vitamin D before treatment with vitamin D supplements.
After treatment, improvement in symptoms was seen in patients.
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