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

Kerolous Kelini; Enas Al-Sabea; Roa’a Alkhatib; Samah Nagib

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

Kerolous Ishak Shehata Kelini

¹

,

Enas Khalid Al-Sabea

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,

Roa’a Khaled Alkhatib

¹

,

Samah Hosney Nagib

^{1, 2}

Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al-Zaytonnah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Adv Rehab. 2025; 39(4): 54-66.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/areh.2025.154727

Online publish date: 2025/09/26

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

Kerolous Ishak Shehata Kelini 1 , Enas Khalid Al-Sabea 1 , Roa’a Khaled Alkhatib 1 , Samah Hosney Nagib 1, 2

Kerolous Ishak Shehata Kelini

¹

,

Enas Khalid Al-Sabea

¹

,

Roa’a Khaled Alkhatib

¹

,

Samah Hosney Nagib

^{1, 2}