Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Introduction: As vitamin D  supplementation may enhance muscle strength supplementation could  also be an easy and inexpensive way to manage nonspecific musculoskeletal pain. In view of this present study was undertaken to evaluate correlation of musculoskeletal pain  and Vitamin D in elderly people to prevent misdiagnosis. Material and Methods: The present  cross-sectional comprised of control group of 30 healthy subjects without any musculoskeletal pain or discomfort and study group comprised of 30 patients with persistent, nonspecific chronic recurrent musculoskeletal pain  over a period of 2 years. All patients were screened for Vitamin D level. Statistical analysis were carried out using Chi-square test  with p<0.05 was considered as significant value. Results: Evaluation  of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels showed that 24 patients  (80%) had  levels of vitamin D<20 ng/mL, 6 patients  had levels of vitamin D>20 ng/mL where as in control group 2 patients (6%)  had levels of vitamin D<20 ng/mL and 28 patients  had levels of vitamin D>20 ng/mL with significant p value <0.05. Conclusion: The present study emphasis that patients with nonspecific musculoskeletal  should be evaluated for serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D to prevent delay of diagnosis. The most cost-effective and efficient method for preventing vitamin D deficiency is to have adequate exposure to sunlight.
Keywords: 25-hydroxyvitamin D; Musculoskeletal pain.

Corresponding Author:  Deepti Jain, Private Practitioner, MD Physiology. Lucknow, U.P., India

This article may be cited as: Kaur C, Bajaj G, Sharma P. Evaluation of correlation of musculoskeletal pain  and vitamin D in elderly people. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2016;4(3):131-134.