Premium
Air Displacement Plethysmography
Author(s) -
Fields David A.,
Gunatilake Ravindu,
Kalaitzoglou Evangelia
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0884533615572443
Subject(s) - plethysmograph , bioelectrical impedance analysis , medicine , composition (language) , displacement (psychology) , magnetic resonance imaging , physical medicine and rehabilitation , radiology , pathology , cardiology , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , psychotherapist , body mass index
Differences in body composition are associated with increased disease risk in various stages of life. Despite numerous available methods in assessing body composition (air displacement plethysmography, dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry, bioelectrical impedance, hydrometry, and magnetic resonance imaging), due to innate technical limitations, the ability for one singular method to track body composition over the life span (ie, infancy to adulthood) is challenging and imperfect. The primary goal of this review is to determine if there are body composition methods that can accurately track body composition from infancy into adulthood. After careful consideration and taking into account the best available scientific evidence, we feel air displacement plethysmography is the best instrument at this time for tracking body composition, starting in infancy and forward into adulthood, partly because it is the only “practical” clinical tool currently available for use during infancy.