Validation of a portable indirect calorimeter (Metavine®) for measuring energy expenditure in an elderly population

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2002, Pages

  Kato, Masahiko ^a,b,c   Tajika, Masahiro ^b,c   Miwa, Yoshiyuki ^b   Moriwaki, Hisataka ^b  

^a Hashima Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SUGIYAMA JOGAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly population; Energy expenditure; Nutritional management; Portable indirect calorimeter

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIMETER; DELTATRAC METABOLIC MONITOR; DEVICE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; POPULATION; RELIABILITY; CALORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0036413431     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.29.s4.6.x     Document Type: Article

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