Improved recovery from ischemic stroke with Vitamin D (300,000 IU injection) – RCT June 2018

A randomized, double-blind study to assess if vitamin D treatment affects the outcomes of rehabilitation and balance in hemiplegic patients.

J Phys Ther Sci. 2018 Jun;30(6):874-878. doi: 10.1589/jpts.30.874. Epub 2018 Jun 12.
Sari A1, Durmus B1, Karaman CA1, Ogut E1, Aktas I2.

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Better outcome following Ischemic stroke if injected with 600,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Feb 2017 Similar to the study on this page
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Low Vitamin D increases chance of Strokes

Vitamin D also prevents or reduces the impact of Strokes

23+ VitaminDWiki Stroke pages have ISCHEMIC OR ISCHAEMIC in the title

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Title		Modified
Ischemic Stroke and Vitamin D - many studies		11 Aug, 2024
Deep Vein Thrombosis during ischemic stroke rehab was 4.7 X more likely if low vitamin D – July 2018		11 Aug, 2024
High Omega-3 reduced risk of Ischemic stroke by 18% - Dec 2023		05 Jan, 2024
Elderly vaccinated for COVID were 2X more likely to die of ischemic stroke (2930 vs 1180 deaths)– Nov 2021		22 Nov, 2021
Ischaemic stroke – Vitamin D doubled survival (Injection followed by monthly 60,000 IU) – RCT Aug 2016		05 Mar, 2021
Poor Ischemic stroke outcome (END) 2.6 X worse if low vitamin D – March 2019		26 Nov, 2019
Death after Ischemic Stroke 2.5 X more likely if less than 10 ng of Vitamin D – May 2019		02 May, 2019
Improved recovery from ischemic stroke with Vitamin D (300,000 IU injection) – RCT June 2018		29 Jun, 2018
Ischemic Stroke risk reduced by 2.5 if have good level of vitamin D – meta-analysis Feb 2018		28 Feb, 2018
Ischemic strokes half as large if had good level of vitamin D (mice) – Feb 2018		24 Feb, 2018
Ischaemic Stroke has less impact in animals supplemented with Omega-3 – Jan 2018		13 Feb, 2018
Vitamin D levels drop after ischemic stroke – Dec 2017		20 Jan, 2018
Ischemic stroke 17 X more likely if low vitamin D – April 2017		13 Jan, 2018
Large vessel Ischemic Stroke 13 X more likely if low vitamin D – Nov 2017		04 Jan, 2018
Intracranial arterial calcification in 85 percent of ischemic strokes (Vitamin K and Vitamin D should help) – Oct 2017		27 Oct, 2017
Ischemic stroke and low vitamin D – 3X higher risk of poor outcome, 6 X higher risk of a second stroke, Oct 2017		04 Oct, 2017
Better outcome following Ischemic stroke if injected with 600,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Feb 2017		01 Aug, 2017
Death within 2 years of surviving an ischemic stroke 10X less likely if high vitamin D – July 2017		01 Aug, 2017
Risk of Ischemic Stroke doubles if take more than 1 gram of Calcium daily for years – May 2017		20 May, 2017
Ischemic Stroke risk best predicted by Vitamin D, including PTH improves the prediction – Feb 2017		02 Mar, 2017
Ischemic Stroke with low vitamin D resulted in larger lesions – May 2015		11 Mar, 2016
Vitamin D associated with 50 percent less ischemic stroke – meta-analysis Aug 2012		12 Jul, 2015
Ischemic Stroke 3X more likely if Vitamin D Receptor gene change (Fok 1) – Jan 2014		29 Dec, 2014
Ischemic stroke 2X more likely if Vitamin D Receptor gene problem – Dec 2014		17 Dec, 2014
Acute ischemic stroke 19 percent more likely if even lower vitamin D – Sept 2013		14 Sep, 2013

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[Purpose] To investigate the effect of vitamin D supplementation on rehabilitation outcomes and balance in patients having hemiplegia due to ischemic stroke.

[Subjects and Methods] Vitamin D levels of 132 patients hospitalized for hemiplegia rehabilitation due to ischemic stroke were tested. Consequently, 86/132 patients had low vitamin D levels, 72 of which met the inclusion criteria and were included in the study. Patients were divided into two groups: Group A (injected with 300,000 IU vitamin D), and Group B (injected intramuscularly with saline). Each patient was tested at the baseline and at the third month using the Brunnstrom recovery staging, functional ambulation scale, modified Barthel index, and Berg balance scale. The findings were compared between the groups.

[Results] By the end of the third month, The Berg balance scale results and modified Barthel index scores significantly differed between the two groups, whereas Brunnstrom recovery staging and functional ambulation scale test results did not.

[Conclusion] This study found that vitamin D administration increased the activity levels and accelerated balance recovery but did not significantly affect ambulation or motor recovery. These results warrant confirmation by longer follow-up studies with a larger number of participants.