Effect of Whole Body Vibration in Improving Vitamin D Absorption in Women

Kelini, Kerolous Ishak Shehata; AL-Sabea, Enas Khalid Abu; Alkhatib, Roa’a Khaled Yousef; Elryalat, Nanci Yousef Radwan; Nagib, Samah Hosney; Abu Hammad, Ma’mon

doi:10.21608/ejptr.2025.355303.1017

Effect of Whole Body Vibration in Improving Vitamin D Absorption in Women

Document Type : Original Article

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¹ Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al‐Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

² Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al‐Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. Department of Physical Therapy for surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University. Egypt.

³ Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and information technology, Al‐Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

10.21608/ejptr.2025.355303.1017

Abstract

Background: Numerous disorders have been connected to vitamin D deficiency, vitamin D's nutritional status is determined by exposure to sunshine as well as dietary or supplemental consumption. Exercise, however, has been shown in recent research to affect circulating 25(OH) D levels.
Purpose: This study was conducted to explore the influence of whole body vibration in improving vitamin D absorption in women.
Materials and Methods: Initially, 40 women with vitamin D deficiency were randomly divided into two groups: Control group A (n = 20) received vitamin D supplement and group B (n = 20) received whole body vibration (WBV) trained three times a week for 8 weeks plus vitamin D supplement. Both groups receiving either a high dose (1600 IU/day) of vitamin D3. Vitamin D/week for 2 months. The optimal circulating vitamin D concentration was preliminarily assessed based on the parathyroid hormone response so concentration of vitamin D and parathyroid hormone were measured pre- and post-treatment.
Results: There was a notable rise in concentration of vitamin D and parathyroid hormone of both groups post treatment compared with that pretreatment (p > 0.025). Also, there was a significant increase in vitamin D and parathyroid hormone of WBV group compared with that of control group post treatment (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: WBV training have been demonstrated to enhance women's bone health, muscle strength, and balance, there is a dearth of concrete research evaluating their effects on vitamin D absorption. WBV has been shown to improve vitamin D status overall.

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