Physical Exercise and Diet Management in Vitamin D Deficient Females

Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine if home based physical exercises protocol and Diet management has an effect on functional performance and depression level related to vitamin D deficiency in females.

Conditions

• Vitamin D Deficiency

Interventions

OTHER

Home Based Physical Exercise

Home Exercise protocol consists of one hour divided to 3 minutes warm up",9 minutes' full body (lower limbs, abdomen, back and upper limbs) exercise composed of (aerobic and strengthening) and 3 minutes cool down 4 times per day and 15 minutes for each session 6 days with one day recovery and, with every day follow up with each patient to ensure they did the whole sets and instructed them the ways to each exercise, The total duration was 36 sessions (6 weeks) for each patient. Daily communication with all subjects through sending mobile messages 3 times every day. The message was to remind the participants and confirmation of their response.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Vitamin D3 Supplements

Vitamin D3 supplement (400mg) once daily.

OTHER

Diet Management

Patients receive weekly diet program contains dietary sources of Vitamin D such as yolk eggs, tuna and milk.

BEHAVIORAL

Sun Exposure

Patients regular exposure to sun once a day 30 minutes of sun exposure, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily. Exposure to the face, arms, hands, and legs without sunscreen

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Badr University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Wael OA Abd El-Khalek, Dr. · Dept of Basic Sciences, Faculty of PT, BUC, Cairo, Egypt.

• Doaa Saeed, Dr. · Dept of PT for women's health, Faculty of PT, BUC, Cairo, Egypt.

• Mina AG Elias, Dr. · Dept of PT for Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, Faculty of PT, BUC, Cairo, Egypt.

• Heba A Bahey El-Deen, Prof. Dr. · Dept of PT & Health Rehabilitation, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, KSA.

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

19 Years

Max Age

25 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-01-01

Primary Completion

2023-06-30

Completion

2023-06-30

Countries

• Saudi Arabia