BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TECHNOLOGY FOR EVALUATING HUMAN BODY COMPOSITION PARAMETERS: “AN ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGY FOR BODY COMPOSITION AND PHYSICAL FITNESS ANALYSIS”
Journal: International Journal of Physiotherapy and Research (IJPR) (Vol.2, No. 6)Publication Date: 2014-12-11
Authors : Rohit Subhedar; Vaibhavi Subhedar; Pallavi Dave; Priyanka Mishra; Ankit Kaur.;
Page : 824-830
Keywords : Bioelectrical Impedance Technology; Human Body Composition parameters; Body Fat (BF) %; Fat Free Mass (FFM); Total Body Water (TBW) %; BMI; Basal Metabolic rate (BMR) and segmental Fat % Distribution;
Abstract
Enormous use of sophisticated technology in daily living has resulted in lifestyle disorders in form of obesity, hypertension, cardiac disorders and musculoskeletal problems in a community as a whole. This significant rise in physically unfit community prompted us to find a most cost-effective, simple, and reliable mode of physical fitness evaluation in form of Bioelectrical Impedance technology. An observational randomized experimental study was conducted at Multispecialty Department of Physiotherapy, Bombay Hospital-Indore-India. Tanita BC-418 working on the principle of Bioelectrical Impedance Technology was used for Body composition Analysis of 100 male and females with age group 40-50 years. Conclusion: BIA has proved to be an advanced diagnostic technology for evaluating human body fitness in today’s fast and rapidly advancing life style. The Body Composition Parameters important in evaluating physical fitness such as Body fat%, Fat Free Mass, Total Body Water%, BMR, segmental fat distribution can be easily assessed with this technique. Multi-frequency segmental Bioelectrical Impedance analysis identifies the Differences in segmental body fat% distribution and these differences signify the presence of regional pain, having musculoskeletal origin.
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