Nutrition
Volume 25, Issue 11 , Pages 1137-1142 , November 2009

Discipline-specific insulin sensitivity in athletes

  • Yi-Liang Chen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry, Taipei Physical Education College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Yang Huang, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Science, China Medical University and Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shin-Da Lee, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Chinese Medicine and Physical Therapy, China Medical University and Department of Health and Nutrition Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shih-Wei Chou, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chung Gung Memorial Hospital, Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Science, Chung Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Po-Shiuan Hsieh, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • City C. Hsieh, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education, National Hsinchu University of Education, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yueh-Guey Huang, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry, Taipei Physical Education College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Hua Kuo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry, Taipei Physical Education College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886-2-287-18288, ext. 5101; fax: +886-2-287-53383.

Received 24 September 2008 ,Accepted 15 March 2009.

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 This study is partly sponsored by grant NSC 96-2413-H-154-003-MY3 from the National Science Council, Taipei, Taiwan.

PII: S0899-9007(09)00137-3

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.03.003

Nutrition
Volume 25, Issue 11 , Pages 1137-1142 , November 2009

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