Pumping Insulin During Exercise: What Healthcare Providers and Diabetic Patients Need to Know

IN BRIEF: Exercise can decrease insulin resistance in most people. Insulin pumps deliver precise insulin adjustments that improve fuel availability and provide glycemic control to help diabetic patients overcome obstacles to exercise. Diabetic patients, their physicians, and their healthcare provide...

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Published in:The Physician and sportsmedicine 2002-04, Vol.30 (4), p.33-38
Main Authors: Colberg, Sheri R., Walsh, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Diabetes
Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance
Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases)
Endocrinopathies
Exercise
Exercise Physiology
Feedback (Response)
Insulin
Management. Various non-drug treatments. Langerhans islet grafts
Medical equipment
Medical sciences
Patient Education
Patients
Pumps
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Summary:IN BRIEF: Exercise can decrease insulin resistance in most people. Insulin pumps deliver precise insulin adjustments that improve fuel availability and provide glycemic control to help diabetic patients overcome obstacles to exercise. Diabetic patients, their physicians, and their healthcare providers should be familiar with the features and nuances of specific pump models and follow some basic guiding principles for exercise to create the most normal metabolic response possible.
ISSN:0091-3847
2326-3660
DOI:10.3810/psm.2002.04.255