Description
Book SynopsisACSM's Body Composition Assessment provides practicing fitness, health, and medical professionals with information about various body composition measurement methods in clinical and field settingsevidence-based protocols, advantages, sources of measurement error, and more.
Trade Review"This is the only current, comprehensive review of body composition that has been published in nearly 15 years." —© Doody’s Review Service, 2020, Anthony Ewald, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine (5-star review)
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to Body Composition and Assessment
Timothy G. Lohman, PhD; Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSM; and Luis B. Sardinha, PhD Errors in Body Composition Measurement and Assessment
Validation and Cross-Validation Studies
Body Composition Terms and Concepts
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Chapter 2. Body Composition Models and Reference Methods
Jennifer W. Bea, PhD; Kirk Cureton, PhD, FACSM; Vinson Lee, MS; and Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSM Levels of Human Body Composition
Models of Human Body Composition
Total Body Potassium Counting and Neutron Activation Analysis
Imaging Methods
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Chapter 3. Body Composition Laboratory Methods
Robert M. Blew, MS; Luis B. Sardinha, PhD; and Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSM Densitometry
Total Body Water
Total Body Potassium Counting
Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry
Ultrasound
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Chapter 4. Body Composition Field Methods
Leslie Jerome Brandon, PhD, FACSM; Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSM; Robert M. Blew, MS; and Timothy G. Lohman, PhD Skinfolds
Circumferences
Bioelectric Impedance Analysis
Use of Weight and Height Indexes to Estimate Body Composition
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Chapter 5. Assessing Measurement Error
Vinson Lee, MS; Leslie Jerome Brandon, PhD, FACSM; and Timothy G. Lohman, PhD Types of Measurement Error
Intra- and Interobserver TEM/CV of Various Body Composition Measurement Methods
Reducing Error Associated With Field Methods
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Chapter 6. Estimation of Minimum Weight
Timothy G. Lohman, PhD; and Kirk Cureton, PhD, FACSM Estimating Minimum Weight in Wrestlers
Laboratory Methods for Estimating Minimum Weight
Field Methods for Estimating Minimum Weight
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Chapter 7. Applying Body Composition Methods to Specific Populations
Jennifer W. Bea, PhD; Timothy G. Lohman, PhD; and Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSM Laboratory Methods
Field Methods
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Chapter 8. Body Composition Applications
Vanessa Risoul-Salas, MSc, RD; Alba Reguant-Closa, MS, RD; Luis B. Sardinha, PhD; Margaret Harris, PhD; Timothy G. Lohman, PhD; Nuwanee Kirihennedige, MS, RD; and Nanna Lucia Meyer, PhD, FACSM Nutritional Status
Competitive Sports and Exercise Training
Body Composition and Eating Disorders
Body Composition and Weight Loss
Body Composition, Chronic Disease, and Aging
Other Applications
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