The Use of Technology for Estimating Body Composition: Strengths and Weaknesses of Common Modalities in a Clinical Setting

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 20-29

  Teigen, Levi M ^a   Kuchnia, Adam J ^a   Mourtzakis, Marina ^b   Earthman, Carrie P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

bioimpedance; body composition; computed tomography; dual energy x ray absorptiometry; lean tissue; malnutrition; nutrition assessment; nutritional status; skeletal muscle; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE SAFETY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MASS COMMUNICATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BODY COMPOSITION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85011559322     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533616676264     Document Type: Review

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