Subject positioning in the BOD POD® only marginally affects measurement of body volume and estimation of percent body fat in young adult men.

INTRODUCTION: The aim of the study was to evaluate whether subject positioning would affect the measurement of raw body volume, thoracic gas volume, corrected body volume and the resulting percent body fat as assessed by air displacement plethysmography (ADP). METHODS: Twenty-five young adult men (2...

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Main Author: Maarten W Peeters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3312878?pdf=render