Vitamin D and calcium and muscle strength
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2014/07/004711
- Lead Sponsor
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 228
1. Age between 18 years and 25 years.
2. Currently residing in Delhi with commitment for follow-up for 6 months.
3. Written consent for randomization and supplementation after they have gone through project information sheet.
4: Apparently healthy with no history of chronic illness at any time or acute illness during the preceding two months.
1. Subjects taking drugs which can affect bone mineral metabolism such as glucocorticoids, antitubercular, antiepileptics, levothyroxine, bisphosphonates, vitamin D and calcium supplementations
3. Those with history of any chronic renal or liver disorder or chronic diarrhea or any other chronic illness.
4. Subjects complaining of muscle aches and joint pain.
5. Serum total T4 and TSH suggestive of thyroid dysfunction.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in hand muscle grip strengthTimepoint: At six months of intervention
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in circulating testosterone with supplementation <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Baseline and at six months;Change in hand grip strength with change in circulating testosterone after six months of intervention with cholecalciferol with and without calcium supplementation <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Baseline and at six months;Correlation of hand grip, pinch grip and six minutes walk distance with circulating testosterone at baselineTimepoint: Baseline