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Title: BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE METHODS IN CLINICAL RESEARCH: A FOLLOW-UP TO THE NIH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE

Author
item Ellis, Kenneth
item BELL, STACEY - HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
item CHERTOW, GLENN - HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
item CHUMLEA, W - WRIGHT STATE U. SCH. MED.
item KNOX, TAMSIN - TUFTS U. SCH. MED.
item KOTLER, DONALD - COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
item LUKASKI, HENRY - GRAND FORKS HUMAN NUTR CT
item SCHOELLER, DALE - UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

Submitted to: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/11/1999
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: An interpretive summary is not required for this article.

Technical Abstract: In 1994, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) convened a Technology Assessment Conference "to provide physicians with a responsible assessment of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) technology for body composition measurement." In 1994, Serono Symposia USA, Inc. invited a panel of research scientists and clinicians to provide an update on single and multifrequency BIA techniques and their application to clinical research since the NIH conference. Presentations at the one-day meeting addressed currently available BIA methods and models; clinical research experience with BIA; efforts toward establishing population reference norms; and the feasibility of establishing guidelines for diagnostic use of BIA in a clinical setting. Participants reached consensus on several technical and clinical issues related to the use of BIA in research and outpatient practice as well as promising applications in need of additional study.