Article
New bioimpedance analysis system: improved phenotyping with whole-body analysis.
European journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Nov 2004
Pietrobelli A, Rubiano F, St-Onge M-P, Heymsfield S B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Bioimpedance analysis (BIA) is a potential field and clinical method for evaluating skeletal muscle mass (SM) and %fat. A new BIA system has 8-(two on each hand and foot) rather than 4-contact electrodes allowing for rapid 'whole-body' and regional body composition evaluation. DESIGN: This study evaluated the 50 kHz BC-418 8-contact electrode and TBF-310 4-contact electrode foot-foot BIA systems...
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