Body Composition Assessment: Methods, Validity, and Applications
A special issue of Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology (ISSN 2411-5142). This special issue belongs to the section "Sports Medicine and Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 28
Special Issue Editor
Interests: body composition; nutritional education; youth sports; sports performance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue invites original research, methodological papers, systematic reviews, and brief communications on body composition assessment across health, performance, and clinical contexts. We particularly welcome studies on the validity, reliability, and sensitivity to change of established and emerging tools, including DXA, BIA and localized/segmental/ML-BIA, ultrasound, MRI/CT, 3D optical scanning, isotope methods, and field-based approaches. Topics of interest include standardization and quality control, cross-platform calibration, measurement error and minimal detectable changes, comparisons between techniques, and multimodal integration (e.g., coupling imaging with bioimpedance or hematological/biochemical markers). We also encourage applications in athlete monitoring (e.g., female athletes, youth, weight-category and endurance sports), aging and sarcopenia, rehabilitation, cardiometabolic risk, and energy availability. Papers addressing ethical, practical, and cost-effectiveness considerations, open data, and reporting guidelines are welcome. Our aim is to advance rigorous, transparent, and actionable body composition assessment that informs practice and research.
Prof. Dr. Alfredo Irurtia
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- body composition technology
- DXA
- BIA
- BIVA
- ultrasound
- anthropometry
- athlete monitoring
- health monitoring
- aging, sarcopenia, and rehabilitation
- multimodal integration of methods
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