Abstract
Techniques for Undertaking DXA Whole Body Scans in Tall and/or Broad People
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Vol.44(5S), pp.798-798
2012
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability of DXA measures of whole body composition summed from two or three partial scans. Physically active young adults (15 females, 15 males) underwent one whole body and 4 partial DXA scans in a single testing session under standardized conditions. The partial scanning areas were head, whole body from neck region down, right side and left side of the body. Body composition estimates from whole body were compared with the addition of partial scans simulating different techniques to accommodate tall, broad, or tall and broad subjects. For tall, and tall and broad subjects, body composition estimates from summed partial scans that included the head scan were substantially different to body composition estimates from the whole body scan. For broad subjects, the addition of right and left body scans produced no substantial difference in body composition estimates compared to whole body scan.
Details
- Title
- Techniques for Undertaking DXA Whole Body Scans in Tall and/or Broad People
- Authors
- Alisa Nana (Author) - Australian Institute of SportGary Slater (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, QueenslandWill Hopkins (Author) - Auckland University of TechnologyLouise Burke (Author) - Australian Institute of Sport
- Publication details
- Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Vol.44(5S), pp.798-798
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- DOI
- 10.1249/01.mss.0000417529.22755.ed
- ISSN
- 1530-0315
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Nutrition & Dietetics
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99654126502621
- Output Type
- Abstract
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