Vitamin D deficiency: implications in the rehabilitation setting

KM Heath, EP Elovic - American journal of physical medicine & …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Heath KM, Elovic EP: Vitamin D deficiency: implications in the rehabilitation setting.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2006; 85: 916–923. Objective: Vitamin D deficiency, which can
result from inadequate sun exposure, dietary intake, or problems with absorption, is rarely
documented in the rehabilitation literature. Most likely, it is rarely thought of by the
rehabilitation profession. This is problematic because vitamin D deficiency can present as
musculoskeletal pain, which is commonly seen in both outpatient clinics and inpatient …