Vitamin D is essential to the health of our bones. We get this vitamin from certain food, vitamin pills, as well as exposure to sunlight. A study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition even suggests that this vitamin could increase an elderly person’s chance of being able to walk again after recovering from hip surgery.
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A broken hip – among the most serious fall injuries – is hard to recover from, with many people unable to live on their own afterward. In the United States, more than 300,000 people 65 or older are hospitalized for hip fractures annually and falling causes more than 95 percent of these type of fractures. Women fall more frequently than men, experiencing three-quarters of hip fractures, and the number of fractures is likely to rise as the population ages, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Regaining mobility after a hip fracture is important for full recovery and to reduce the risk of death. But vitamin D deficiency is associated with reduced mobility after surgery to repair a hip fracture.
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Source: neatorama