Vitamin D and Increased Quadriceps Contraction Strength

• Effects of vitamin D3 supplementation on strength of lower and upper extremities in athletes: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2024-05-27
  • Systematic Review
  • Frontiers in nutrition 11
  • • Qi Han
    • Mai Xiang
    • Nan An
    • Qiushi Tan
    • Jing Shao
    • Qirong Wang

  • PubMed: 38860160
  • DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1381301

  9 Insights on

  • Increased Quadriceps Contraction Strength

  • High evidence
  • Athletes

  there was a significant increase in quadriceps contraction (SMD 0.57, 95% CI: 0.04 to 1.11, p = 0.04)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes