Backgrounds/Aims: It was the aim to prospectively study the optimum regime of "preventive" carbohydrate administration for prevention of hypoglycaemic episodes during a standardized bout of physical activity.
Research design and methods: 24 patients with type 1 diabetes participated in one experiment without physical activity and in three experiments with a 4 km, 60 min hike starting at 2 p.m., either administering 2 x 10 g or 2 x 20 g carbohydrates (muesli bars) before starting and at 30 min (during the hike). Plasma glucose was determined with a laboratory method and additional carbohydrates needed to treat hypoglycaemia between 2 and 8 p.m. were recorded.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
37
different regimens of carbohydrate administration to prevent hypoglycaemia during a standardized bout of moderate physical activity in patients with type 1 diabetes
different regimens of carbohydrate administration to prevent hypoglycaemia during a standardized bout of moderate physical activity in patients with type 1 diabetes
different regimens of carbohydrate administration to prevent hypoglycaemia during a standardized bout of moderate physical activity in patients with type 1 diabetes
Diabeteszentrum
Bad Lauterberg im Harz, Germany
Plasma glucose
Time frame: 6 hours
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