Assessment of vitamin D concentration in non-supplemented professional athletes and healthy adults during the winter months in the UK : implications for skeletal muscle function

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Bestimmung der Vitamin-D-Konzentration bei nicht mit Nahrngsergänzungsmitteln versorgten Profisportlern und gesunden Erwachsenen während der Wintermonate in Großbritannien: Implikationen für die Skelettmuskel-Funktion
Autor:Close, Graeme Leonard; Russel, J.; Cobley, J.N.; Owens, D.J.; Wilson, G.; Gregson, W.; Fraser, W.D.; Morton, J.P.
Erschienen in:Journal of sports sciences
Veröffentlicht:31 (2013), 4, S. 344-353, Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Gedruckte Ressource
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:0264-0414, 1466-447X
DOI:10.1080/02640414.2012.733822
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Erfassungsnummer:PU201303001855
Quelle:BISp

Abstract

The current study implemented a two-part design to (1) assess the vitamin D concentration of a large cohort of non-vitamin D supplemented UK-based athletes and 30 age-matched healthy non-athletes and (2) to examine the effects of 5000 IU · day−1 vitamin D3 supplementation for 8-weeks on musculoskeletal performance in a placebo controlled trial. Vitamin D concentration was determined as severely deficient if serum 25(OH)D < 12.5 nmol · l−1, deficient 12.5–30 nmol · l−1 and inadequate 30–50 nmol · l−1. We demonstrate that 62% of the athletes (38/61) and 73% of the controls (22/30) exhibited serum total 25(OH)D < 50 nmol · l−1. Additionally, vitamin D supplementation increased serum total 25(OH)D from baseline (mean ± SD = 29 ± 25 to 103 ± 25 nmol · l−1, P = 0.0028), whereas the placebo showed no significant change (53 ± 29 to 74 ± 24 nmol · l−1, P = 0.12). There was a significant increase in 10 m sprint times (P = 0.008) and vertical-jump (P = 0.008) in the vitamin D group whereas the placebo showed no change (P = 0.587 and P = 0.204 respectively). The current data supports previous findings that athletes living at Northerly latitudes (UK = 53° N) exhibit inadequate vitamin D concentrations (<50 nmol · l−1). Additionally the data suggests that inadequate vitamin D concentration is detrimental to musculoskeletal performance in athletes. Future studies using larger athletic groups are now warranted. Verf.-Referat