Improved serum insulin profiles in diabetic individuals who massaged their insulin injection sites.

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalDiabetes care
Year 1983
Eight insulin-dependent diabetic patients were studied on two consecutive mornings when they injected their usual morning mixtures of insulin. One morning they massaged their insulin injection sites 15 min after the injection. Free insulin levels rose 10.14 +/- 9.91 microU/ml higher (P less than 0.05) and serum glucose levels fell 8.3% lower (P less than 0.05) 30 min after massage than on the control study day.
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First added on: Jan 12, 2015