When a customer stands on a Hume Body Analyzer, a very low, safe electrical signal is sent from four metal electrodes through their feet to their legs and abdomen. The electrical signal passes quickly through water that is present in hydrated muscle tissue but meets resistance when it hits fat. This resistance, known as impedance, is measured and input into scientifically validated Hume equations, to calculate body composition measurements.
Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a method for measuring body composition, including muscle mass, body fat, and total body water. Alternating low and high-frequency electrical currents are sent through the water in the body via contact with electrodes to measure impedance.
The impedance is used to determine total body water (TBW), which can then be used to derive your fat-free mass—the portion of your body that does not contain fat, including your muscle and bone—and finally, body fat.
Body Pod uses multiple currents at varying frequencies to provide precise body water analysis.
When measuring impedance with electrodes, contact resistance occurs. Body Pod accounts for contact resistance with strategically placed electrodes to ensure that measurements are accurate and reproducible.
Body Pod measures each of the body’s five cylinders (left arm, right arm, torso, left leg, and right leg) to deliver accurate and detailed results.
Body Pod measures your impedance independently, so your results are not affected by your age, sex, ethnicity, athleticism, or body shape.
Additional frequencies provide an exceptional level of accuracy compared to single frequency monitors. This information is essential for providing the health status of a person and indicating health risks such as severe dehydration or edema.
Additional frequencies provide an exceptional level of accuracy compared to single frequency monitors. This information is essential for providing the health status of a person and indicating health risks such as severe dehydration or edema.
Hume Multi-Frequency Monitors are able to measure bioelectrical impedance analysis at three or six different frequencies. The lower frequencies measure the impedance external to the cell membrane. The higher frequencies are able to penetrate the cell membrane. By measuring impedance at both the lower and higher frequencies it is possible to estimate extracellular water (ECW), intracellular water (ICW) and Total Body Water.
Hume body composition monitors with Advanced Dual Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Technology use two different frequencies to capture your body composition data. By using different frequencies, a higher accuracy of measurements can be achieved.
“Given the high level of agreement to DXA across BMI categories in estimating FFM and fat mass, S-MFBIA allows providers to further risk stratify patients and develop treatment plans.”
Using Body Pod Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Technology
