The benefits of vitamin D supplementation for athletes: better performance and reduced risk of COVID-19

WB Grant, H Lahore, MS Rockwell - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is having major economic and personal consequences for
collegiate and professional sports. Sporting events have been canceled or postponed, and …

Effects of vitamin D supplementation on maximal strength and power in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

M Sist, L Zou, SDR Galloway… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Vitamin D is thought to be a powerful modulator of skeletal muscle physiology.
However, available data on the effects of vitamin D supplementation on muscle function in …

Body composition, eicosapentaenoic acid, and vitamin D are associated with army combat fitness test performance

JL Heileson, JM McGowen, JM Moris… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background The Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), an updated and newly
developed metric to assess combat readiness, may require specialized exercise and …

Does testosterone mediate the relationship between vitamin D and prostate cancer progression? A systematic review and meta-analysis

LA Robles, S Harrison, VY Tan, R Beynon… - Cancer Causes & …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Observational studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have shown an
association between vitamin D levels and prostate cancer progression. However, evidence …

Influence of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D insufficiency on maximal aerobic power in elite indoor athletes: A cross-sectional study

A Most, O Dörr, H Nef, C Hamm, T Bauer, P Bauer - Sports medicine-open, 2021 - Springer
Background The impact of vitamin D on musculoskeletal health is well-established, although
its influence on physical performance is unclear. Therefore, we conducted this study to …

Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation in Elite Athletes: A Systematic Review

PB Wyatt, CR Reiter, JR Satalich… - … Journal of Sports …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Deficiency in vitamin D has been shown to increase the risk of injury. Purpose:
To synthesize current placebo-controlled randomized trials investigating the effect of vitamin …

Performance improvement in sport through vitamin Da narrative review

K Weiss, A Devrim-Lanpir, Z Jastrzębski… - European Review for …, 2022 - zora.uzh.ch
OBJECTIVE It is well known that vitamin D deficiency can lead to various health problems.
However, it is not common knowledge among athletes and doctors that vitamin D deficiency …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of Different Dietary Supplements on Swimming Performance: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

D Huang, X Wang, H Takagi, S Mo, Z Wang… - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Nutritional supplements are widely used by swimmers, but the effectiveness of
various supplements and the identification of the most effective intervention require further …

[PDF][PDF] An association between bioavailable 25-hydroxyvitamin D and bone mineral density in a diverse cohort of collegiate athletes

MS Rockwell, SB Kostelnik, RP McMillan… - Medicine & Science in …, 2022 - sportsrd.org
ABSTRACT ROCKWELL, MS, SB KOSTELNIK, RP MCMILLAN, M. LANCASTER, DE
LARSON-MEYER, and MW HULVER. An Association between Bioavailable 25 …

[HTML][HTML] General and sex-specific effects of vitamin D against atrial fibrillation and young-onset ischemic stroke: a Mendelian randomization series

YH Chan, JV Zhao, CM Schooling… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Whether vitamin D deficiency causes atrial fibrillation and ischemic stroke of young onset
was unknown. We derived a Genetic Risk Score for vitamin D from 3,922 subjects in Hong …