Vitamin D and Improved Functional Recovery

• The Role of Vitamin D in Postoperative Tendon Healing: A Scoping Review.

  • 2025-10
  • Review · n = 10
  • Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine 13(10)
  • • Marc Daniel Bouchard
    • Danielle Dagher
    • Carl Keogh
    • Muath Alqahtani
    • Moin Khan

  • PubMed: 41116768
  • DOI: 10.1177/23259671251371300

  3 Insights on

  • Improved Functional Recovery

  • Low evidence
  • Clinical

  Vitamin D deficiency was consistently associated with poorer postoperative outcomes, including delayed healing, higher retear rates, and decreased functional recovery.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes