Recovery after unilateral knee replacement due to severe osteoarthritis and progression in the contralateral knee: a randomised clinical trial comparing daily 2000 IU versus 800 IU vitamin D

Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari; E John Orav; Andreas Egli; Bess Dawson-Hughes; Karina Fischer; Hannes B Staehelin; Rene Rizzoli; Juerg Hodler; Arnold von Eckardstein; Gregor Freystaetter; Ursina Meyer; Thomas Guggi; Peter Burckhardt; Simeon Schietzel; Patricia Chocano-Bedoya; Robert Theiler; Walter C Willett; David Felson

doi:10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000678

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Osteoarthritis

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Recovery after unilateral knee replacement due to severe osteoarthritis and progression in the contralateral knee: a randomised clinical trial comparing daily 2000 IU versus 800 IU vitamin D

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Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari Department of Geriatrics and Aging Research, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Center on Aging and Mobility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland University Clinic for Acute Geriatric Care, City Hospital Waid, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
E John Orav Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andreas Egli Department of Geriatrics and Aging Research, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Center on Aging and Mobility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bess Dawson-Hughes Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Karina Fischer Center on Aging and Mobility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hannes B Staehelin Department of Geriatrics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rene Rizzoli Division of Bone Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Juerg Hodler Institute of Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Arnold von Eckardstein Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gregor Freystaetter Department of Geriatrics and Aging Research, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Center on Aging and Mobility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ursina Meyer Department of Geriatrics and Aging Research, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Center on Aging and Mobility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Thomas Guggi Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Burckhardt Department of Endocrinology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Simeon Schietzel Department of Geriatrics and Aging Research, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Center on Aging and Mobility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Patricia Chocano-Bedoya Department of Geriatrics and Aging Research, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Center on Aging and Mobility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert Theiler Department of Geriatrics and Aging Research, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Center on Aging and Mobility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Walter C Willett Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Felson Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari; heike.bischoff{at}usz.ch

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Bischoff-Ferrari HA, Orav EJ, Egli A, et al

Recovery after unilateral knee replacement due to severe osteoarthritis and progression in the contralateral knee: a randomised clinical trial comparing daily 2000 IU versus 800 IU vitamin D

RMD Open 2018;4:e000678. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000678

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Received March 12, 2018
Accepted June 10, 2018
First published July 9, 2018.

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December 23, 2019

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