Type 1 diabetes management in a competitive athlete: A five-year case report

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Type I diabetes has an incidence of 15 per 100,000 people. Though it is a metabolic disorder, it can be seen in top, even professional athletes. Physical activity is recommended to manage diabetes, but there is a lack of specific knowledge on diabetes management and exercise from dedicated medical staff. This bias leads to suboptimal diabetes management, causing frequent hyper and hypoglycemia, a dysregulation of glycated hemoglobin, blood glucose out of control, and consequent needs to often intervene with extra insulin or carbohydrates. For 5 years, we followed a highly competitive male Caucasian athlete Vovinam Viet Vo Dao, with type I diabetes, aged 17. We monitored his glycated hemoglobin, the insulin drug administered, and glycemia blood level averages. We obtained, over time, a decrease in glycated hemoglobin by almost −22% and insulin administered by −37.33%, and average blood glycemia levels diminished by almost −27%. In addition, we carried out bioimpedance analysis and stratigraphy on the abdomen. Federation trainers supervised all physical training; we recorded an improvement in the general condition, underlined in particular by an increase in phase angle (from bioimpedance) of +17%.

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Cannataro, R., Cione, E., Cerullo, G., Rondanelli, M., Micheletti, P., Crisafulli, O., … D’Antona, G. (2023). Type 1 diabetes management in a competitive athlete: A five-year case report. Physiological Reports, 11(13). https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.15740

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