Body composition in sport, exercise, and health
"The analysis of body composition (fat, bone and muscle) is an important process throughout the biomedical sciences. This is the first book to offer a clear and detailed introduction to the key methods and techniques in body composition analysis and to explain the importance ofbody composition...
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New York :
Routledge
c2012
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The concept of body composition and its applications
- 2. Laboratory methods of body composition analysis
- 3. Portable methods of body composition analysis
- 4. Physique: phenotype, somatotype and 3d scanning
- 5. Muscle tissue
- 6. Bone tissue
- 7. Anthropometric surrogates for fatness and health
- 8. Body composition change
- 9. Body composition in chronic disease and disability
- 10. Body composition: professional practice and an interdisciplinary toolkit