Vitamin D Level Among Patients With Non-Specific Musculoskeletal Pain

Abstract

The musculoskeletal system is involved in the adult sequelae of vitamin D insufficiency, which leads to proximal muscle weakness, bone pain, and osteomalacia, which is largely ignored by both physicians and patients. The purpose of the current study was to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (20ng/dl) among patients attending the orthopaedic outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital with complaints of non-specific symptoms of body pain and low back pain who did not have any other co morbid condition. This was done with the intention of determining the incidence of vitamin D deficiency.