The Effect of Vitamin D and Exercise on Balance in Postmenopausal Women
Phase: NA
Conditions: Vitamin D Deficiency
Sponsor: Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

The Effect of Vitamin D and Exercise on Balance in Postmenopausal Women- NCT03608488 
(07/01/2019) 
Protocol: 
In this study postmenopausal women aged 50 to 70 years were included. Participants who had vitamin 
D3 level below 10ng/dl randomized to 3 groups as following: 
Group I- Vitamin D replacement (50.000 IU/per week, for 8 weeks) 
Group II- Core and balance exercises for 8 weeks. 
Group III- Vitamin D replacement (50.000 IU/per week, for 8 weeks) plus core and balance exercises 
Participants with vitamin D3 level above 30ng/ml were designed as control group (group IV). Core and 
balance exercises were given them as well for 8 weeks. 
Evaluations were performed at baseline and 8 weeks after treatment. 
Berg balance scale, postural stability tests, fall risk assessments and Nottingham Health Profile were 
used.   
Statistical Analysis: 
The IBM SPSS Statistics 22 (SPSS IBM, Turkey) program was used for statistical analysis. The normality 
of the parameters was assessed with the Shapiro-Wilk test. Mean, median, standard deviation, and 
frequency was used as descriptive statistical methods. The Student's t-test and ANOVA were used to 
make comparisons between the parameters in each group that showed normal distribution. The 
Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test was used to make comparisons between the parameters in 
each group that lacked normal distribution. The data were assessed at p <0.05 significance level and 
95% confidence interval.