Idxa Format

1. Cite an article relating to your study using APA format (it can be the article your group used or a different one). How does the techniques used in this article relate to the techniques used in your group project? (1-2 paragraphs)

The techniques that we used were very similar to a study we found. The study that we found observed the same variables of body composition as we did. They observed arm mass, trunk mass, and total lean, just to name a few. Their participants also performed at least 2 scans, which is similar to our project. However, they did 3 scans in 1 day, and the participants were fasted before they arrived for his or her scan, and they consumed a meal before each of their participant’s last scan. In our study since we were working with a college aged population, and they would be walking from various places around campus to come to the exercise physiology lab, we decided to have them rest for 5 minutes before getting an analyzation of their body composition. These were the only findings that related to our project.

If you had the ability to change your iDXA group project, how would you alter it and why? (1 paragraph)

I would like to have included a meal before observing the post- scan after exercise, to see if there would be an effect of a meal before a post- scan. I would have also liked the participants to fast before coming into the lab, then perform the aerobic exercise, and then a pre-scan would take place and observe the effects of the total fat mass and percent lean mass. After the participants participate in the pre-scan, the individual would eat a meal of his or her choice and a post- scan would take place to again observe the total fat mass and the percent lean mass.

3. The iDXA has several scan capabilities and has many uses. How do you see this technology applied in your future career? (1-2