Responses of different physical therapy exercises approaches for improving vitamin D absorption in women

Introduction
Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with various diseases and is still prevalent in many countries. Vitamin D nutritional status is often affected by dietary or supplementary intake as well as exposure to sunlight. Different types of exercise can improve absorption of vitamin D in female. Additionally, studies suggesting that exercise may support and increase ratio of vitamin D.

Material and methods
First, 40 women who were deficient in vitamin D were split into two groups at random: group (A) (20 women) received core stability exercise (CSE), and group (B) (20 women) received whole-body vibration (WBV). The (CSE) group trained three times a week for eight weeks, while (WBV) group trained three times a week for eight weeks. Both groups received a vitamin D supplement, which was determined at a standard dose (880 IU/day). Vitamin D and parathyroid hormone concentrations were measured before and after the eight-week intervention period.

Results
Both groups' posttreatment levels of vitamin D and parathyroid hormone were significantly higher than their pretreatment levels (p > 0.025). But the level of both hormones were higher with core stability exercise.

Conclusions
Both the core stability exercise (CSE) and whole-body vibration (WBV) exercises improve blood concentration level of vitamin D and parathyroid hormone. But it was better with core stability exercise.