A new literary review on neonatal body composition appeared on ASPEN Nutrition in Clinical Practice Journal. The aim of this review is to summarize what is currently known about neonatal body composition and the use of body composition as a measure for adequate neonatal nutrition. The study concludes that neonatal body composition is an importan…

A new study on Quark RMR was published in Germany validating the its accuracy for REE measurements and its test-retest reliability. The aim of this study was to verify the quality criteria for the determination of REE with Quark RMR. The following questions are answered: - Can the quality criteria identified by Compher et al (2006) be applied in…

COSMED è lieta di offrire il download del nuovo ebook pubblicato dal Centro Cardiologico Monzino (IRCCS) sull'interpretazione della prova da sforzo cardiopolmonare. Il test da sforzo cardiopolmonare (CPET) è una metodica ormai conosciuta ma ancora relativamente poco usata dai cardiologi e questo sia da un punto di vista quantitativo che qualitati…

A new scientific review paper, published in ASPEN Nutrition in Clinical Practice Journal, tries to find a singular body composition tool that is valid, reliable, precise, and easy to administer across the life span. The primary goal of this review is to determine if there are body composition methods that can accurately track body composition fro…

A new validation paper has been published on the Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology where was shown the test-retest reliability of the K4b2. This study was undertaken to assess test-retest reliability of K4b2 in measuring VO2 and VCO2 during walking, stair climbing and descending stairs in a free living environment. Twelve participant…

Wearable Technologies magazine features an article on the latest breath and respiration analyzing technologies and devices. Among other products, COSMED K5 wearable metabolic technology is introduced as a device that can tell how many calories a professional athlete has burned during the workout. Nice article @WearableTech: Latest breath/respi…

A new study from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill validates the BOD POD for measuring body composition in overweight and obese women. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of air displacement plethysmography (ADP) for body composition measurement in overweight and obese women (BMI ≥ 25·0 kg m2). The s…

An interesting poster presented during the 2014 ERS Congress features the importance of the six minute walk test with Spiropalm 6MWT in patients affected by fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. Aim of the present study was to assess 6MWT performance with the Spiropalm device (that allows a combined evaluation of lung function parameters a…

A new clinical validation for Fitmate RMR measurement versus the Deltatrac in nonventilate patients was published on "Nutrition - The International Journal of Applied and Basic Nutritional Sciences". The aim of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the Fitmate metabolic system in measuring the oxygen consumption and resting met…

A new study demonstrates that Fitmate used to measure resting metabolic rate is a valid and reliable device. The purpose of this study, presented during the 11th International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) Conference (Clearwater Beach, FL, USA. 20-21 June 2014), was to establish the inter- and intra-day test-retest reliability of the Cosmed…

A new validation on Fitmate reliability during exercise tests was recently published on the Scandinavian Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Investigation. The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of the FitMate ™ metabolic system and to compare its reliability with the previously studied portable breath-by-breath analyzers Cosmed…

A recent paper, published on "Research Quarterly for Exercise & Sport" furthermore validate COSMED K4b2 portable metabolic monitoring device during submaximal Gait walking. The purpose of this study was to determine the test–retest reliability and minimum detectable change (MDC) for VO2, Gait Efficiency, and HR with the K4b2 at submaximal wal…

The IAEA (International Atommic Energy Agency) published a study reviewing body composition assessment techniques from birth to 2 years of age. This publication was developed by an international group of experts as an integral part of the IAEA’s contribution to the transfer of technology and capacity building in this field to assist its Member St…

A new scientific study appeared on the Pediatric Research Journal confirming the validity and reliability of ADP measurements with the PEA POD on healthy newly born preterm infants. The aim of this study is to provide the first descriptive fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) data from healthy newborn preterm infants at birth as a proxy for heal…

A new validation study of the BOD POD has been published on the Perceptual & Motor Skills Journal confirming the test-retest reliability of the device. This study was designed to assess the test-retest reliability of the Bod Pod. The study included 283 women ( M age = 41.0 yr., SD = 3.0). Each participant was tested at least twice in the Bod…

A new validation study on Quark RMR was published by Pennsylvania State University researchers on the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN). A prospective, observational, N-of-1 trial was conducted to validate COSMED Quark RMR, a new-generation indirect calorimeter against Deltatrac, the gold standard device that is no longer manufac…

A new study from the Polish Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS – SGGW) assesses the validity of Fitmate PRO in measuring energy expenditure at rest of obese women. The aim of the analysis was to present the possibilities of using the Fitmate PRO monitor in the assessment of resting metabolic rate and basal energy expenditure with a method o…

Quark PFT with the new X9 multi-use pneumotach performed with acceptable accuracy versus Spirometry and DLco simulators at the Hans Rudolph facilities of Shawnee, Kansas (USA) in 2011. Quark PFT with X9 pneumotach was validated at Hand Rudolph Inc. laboratories against a Flow Volume Simulator (HRI FVS 1120 series generating the standard ATS/ERS 2…

A study by the Australian Alfred Hospital focused on the importance of the measurement of Resting Energy Expenditure of burn patients using indirect calorimetry. The aim of this retrospective observational study was to compare the accuracy of three predictive equations used for measuring energy expenditure (EE) to Indirect Calorimetry. Trained di…

A new study by the University of Minnesota shows a link in preterm infants between fat free mass (FFM) and neural development, with higher FFM resulting in better neural development. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between postnatal body composition and brain development as indexed by latency to the P100 peak of the VEP…