Combination of alfacalcidol with calcium can improve quadriceps muscle strength in elderly ambulatory Thai women who have hypovitaminosis D: a randomized controlled trial.

Thawee Songpatanasilp, La‐or Chailurkit, Akekachai Nichachotsalid, Manoj Chantarasorn

PubMed · 2009 · 21 citations · 0 references

Abstract

Daily doses of 0.5 mg alfacalcidol with calcium effectively improved muscle strength in elderly Thai women who had low level of 25(OH)D3 compared to calcium alone.