... Abstract The rapid increase in skeletal mass that occurs during puberty is caused by increases in longitudinal growth as well as cortical thickness. The measurement of growth changes during puberty using two-dimensional (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) and/or three-dimensional (computed...

... technique, with particular emphasis on paediatric scanning. Magnetic resonance imaging is reviewed, as it is one of the newer technologies applied to assessment of the growing skeleton. The role of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and quantitative computed tomography in the clinical assessment of bone...

... technique, with particular relevance to paediatric scanning. Magnetic resonance imaging is reviewed as one of the newer technologies applied to the assessment of the growing skeleton. The role of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and quantitative computed tomography (QCT) in the clinical assessment...

...-energy X-ray absorptiometry;but with rapidly advancing technology, researchers will be able to more accuratelyassess other indices of bone strength, such as the material and structural properties of bone,during the growing years. Based on our current knowledge, however, it is clear...

... isone of the major determinants of whole-body composition during the first year of life.Among the techniques dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) and, more recently,air displacement plethysmography appear to be major techniques that have been evaluatedin infants. Determination of weight gain...

... Resting energy expenditure Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry Indirect calorimetry Body composition Key Messages • Accurate nutritional assessment should be an integral part of pediatric care and may require technical measurements • The measurement of resting energy expenditure...

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.... Bone 2004;35:965-972. 18. Crabtree NJ, Arabi A, Bachrach LK, Fewtrell M, El-Hajj Fuleihan G, Kecskemethy HH, Jaworski M, Gordon CM: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry interpretation and reporting in children and adolescents: the revised 2013 ISCD Pediatric Official Positions. J Clin Densitom 2014;17...

... 13. De Curtis M, Pieltain C, Rigo J: Body composition in preterm infants fed standard term or enriched formula after hospital discharge. Eur J Nutr 2002;41:177-182 14. Pieltain C, De Curtis M, Gerard P, Rigo J: Weight gain composition in preterm infants with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry...

... Air-displacement plethysmography Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry Quantitative magnetic resonance Key Messages Measuring body composition in pediatric practice can inform clinical nutrition recommendations related to weight maintenance or growth. Growth is associated...

... A: Housing conditions influence the survival and body composition of ageing rats. Exp Gerontol 2001;36:159-170 12. Feely RS, Larkin LM, Halter JB, Dengel DR: Chemical versus dual energy X-ray absorptiometry for detecting age-associated body compositional changes in male rats. Exp Gerontol 2000;35:417-427...

..., Pierson RN, Heymsfield SB, Horlick M. Measurement of percentage of body fat in 411 children and adolescents: a comparison of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry with a four-compartment model. Pediatrics. 2004;113(5):1285–90. 11. Schoeller DA. Hydrometry. In: Heymsfield S, Lohman T, Wang Z, Going S...

... adjustment in assessing dual energy X-ray absorptiometry measurements of bone mass and density in children. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2010;95:1265-1273 8. Leonard MB, Shults J, Elliott DM, Stallings VA, Zemel BS: Interpretation of whole body dual energy X-ray absorptiometry measures in children: comparison...

... of body composition obtained by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry in preterm and term neonates. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1998;27:184–90. 56. Griffin IJ, Cooke RJ. Development of whole body adiposity in preterm infants. Early Hum Develop. 2012;88 Suppl 1):S19–24. 57. Brunton JA, Bayley HS...

... to develop reference growth patterns, but ultrasound provides an opportunity for bedside assessment in a wide range of body sizes and with the potential for fetal standards [ 54 ]. Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry DXA uses X-ray beams to compare energy absorption by bone and soft tissue. Regional body...

...) 1 Whole body counting. 2 Body volume. Overlapping the time period of the study by Butte et al. [ 8 ], the development of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) provided a major advancement in in vivo body composition methodology. Although mainly focused on the clinical measurement of bone...

...:255-259 5. Buntain HM, Schluter PJ, Bell SC, et al: Controlled longitudinal study of bone mass accrual in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis. Thorax 2006;61:146-154 6. Williams JE, Wells JC, Wilson CM, Haroun D, Lucas A, Fewtrell MS: Evaluation of Lunar Prodigy dual-energy X-ray...

...-energy X-ray absorptiometry measurements at 9-10 y of age from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Am J Clin Nutr 2007;85:1578-1585 13. Nelson MC, Gordon-Larsen P, Adair LS: Are adolescents who were breast-fed less likely to be overweight? Analyses of sibling pairs to reduce...

... human milk versus preterm formula. Paediatrics 1999;103:1150-1157. 21. Pieltain C, De Curtis M, Gerard P, et al: Weight gain composition in preterm infants with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. Pediatr Res 2001;49:120-124. 22. O'Connor DL, Jacobs J, Hall R, et al: Growing and development...

... and/or assumptions about the fat-free mass, which is not constant throughout growth and maturation or between the sexes and may be disturbed by disease [ 6 , 7 ]. Studies of body composition in children with CF are increasingly adopting more sophisticated methods such as dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA...