Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis In Body Composition Measurement
Participants were a non federal nonadvocate 13 member panel representing the fields of nutrition pediatrics surgery public health biomedical engineering epidemiology and biostatistics.
Bioelectrical impedance analysis in body composition measurement. Quantities of fat mass and fat free mass by running a small electrical current through the body. The objective of this conference was to provide physicians with a responsible assessment of bioelectrical impedance analysis bia technology for body composition measurement. The american journal of clinical nutrition 64 524s532s. National institutes of health technology assessment conference statement.
The technology is relatively simple quick and noninvasive. This is possible simply because different bodily tissues eg. Bioelectrical impedance analysis bia is a widely used method for estimating body composition. Fat muscle water and other important indicators of underlying medical conditions are not considered in the bmi.
There are also two different ways to interpret the bioelectrical measurements in terms of body composition. Bioelectrical impedance analysis bia is able to make an estimation of body composition eg. Bioelectrical impedance analysis bia is a commonly used method for estimating body composition in particular body fat and muscle massin bia a weak electric current flow through the body and the voltage is measured in order to calculate impedance resistance of the body. Translating bioimpedance measures into body volumes and masses ie conventional bia and generating the impedance vector by using the r and xc obtained at a frequency of 50 khz to match it against that of the healthy reference population ie biva sánchez iglesias et al 2012.
Bioelectrical impedance analysis in body composition measurement. Bioelectrical impedance analysis bia and body composition analyse as a physician you know that the body mass index bmi by itself is no t sufficient to analyze a patients health status and body composition thoroughly.