title: How fast is recovery of impaired glucose tolerance after 21-day bed rest (NUC study) in healthy adults?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We hypothesized that 4 days of normal daily activity after 21 days of experimental bed rest (BR) will not reverse BR induced impaired glucose tolerance.
  
  
  METHODS
  Glucose tolerance of seven male, healthy, untrained test subjects (age: 27.6 (3.3) years (mean (SD)); body mass: 78.6 (6.4) kg; height: 1.81 (0.04)  m; VO2 max: 39.5 (5.4) ml/kg body mass/min) was studied. They stayed twice in the metabolic ward (crossover design), 21 days in bed and 7 days before and after BR each. Oral glucose tolerance tests were applied before, on day 21 of BR, and 5 and 14 days after BR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On day 21 of BR, AUC(120 min) of glucose concentration was increased by 28.8 (5.2)% and AUC(120 min) of insulin by 35.9 (10.2)% (glucose: P < 0.001; insulin: P = 0.02). Fourteen days after BR, AUC(120 min) of serum insulin concentrations returned to pre-bed-rest concentrations (P = 0.352) and AUC(120 min) of glucose was still higher (P = 0.038). Insulin resistance did not change, but sensitivity index was reduced during BR (P = 0.005).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Four days of light physical workload does not compensate inactivity induced impaired glucose tolerance. An individually tailored and intensified training regime is mandatory in patients being in bed rest to get back to normal glucose metabolism in a reasonable time frame.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Science-Nutrition Physiology, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany ; Profil Neuss GmbH, 41460 Neuss, Germany.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5534-911X
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heer
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Science-Nutrition Physiology, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany ; German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, 51147 Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Baecker
authors.affiliation: MLM Medical Labs GmbH, 41066 Monchengladbach, Germany.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3351-2307
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wnendt
authors.affiliation: Profil Neuss GmbH, 41460 Neuss, Germany.
authors.forename: Annelie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.affiliation: Division of Internal Medicine, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biolo
authors.affiliation: German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, 51147 Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frings-Meuthen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001510:Bed Rest; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose
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