Human adaptation to immobilization: Novel insights of impacts on glucose disposal and fuel utilization

• Main Authors: Natalie F. Shur (Author), Elizabeth J. Simpson (Author), Hannah Crossland (Author), Prince K. Chivaka (Author), Despina Constantin (Author), Sally M. Cordon (Author), Dumitru Constantin‐Teodosiu (Author), Francis B. Stephens (Author), Dileep N. Lobo (Author), Nate Szewczyk (Author), Marco Narici (Author), Clara Prats (Author), Ian A. Macdonald (Author), Paul L. Greenhaff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Bed rest (BR) reduces whole‐body insulin‐stimulated glucose disposal (GD) and alters muscle fuel metabolism, but little is known about metabolic adaptation from acute to chronic BR nor the mechanisms involved, particularly when volunteers are maintained in energy balance. Methods...