Precision of the iDXA for visceral adipose tissue measurement in severely obese patients

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1462-1465

  Carver, Tamara E ^a   Court, Olivier ^b   Christou, Nicolas V ^b   Reid, Ryan E R ^a   Andersen, Ross E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; absorptiometry; body composition; central fat tissue; DXA; repeatability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902544084     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000238     Document Type: Article

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