A single bout of exercise is followed by a prolonged decrease in the interstitial glucose concentration in skeletal muscle.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Acta physiologica Scandinavica
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2005
- Volume
- 185
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 313–320
- Identifiers
- PMID: 16266372
- Source
- Medline
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
The study shows that the interstitial glucose concentration in skeletal muscle is markedly decreased for several hours following a single exercise session. The decreased interstitial glucose concentration may serve to limit the rate of post-exercise muscle glucose uptake to a rate compatible with normal blood glucose levels and may also be speculated to have a positive long-term health implication by augmenting muscle insulin sensitivity.