Why measure body composition with medical precision?

23.07.2012 11:44

Obesity or muscle loss? Knowledge of a patient's body mass composition and its assessment are important for the diagnosis and treatment of numerous diseases. Because too much fat in the body is unhealthy - but so is too little.

At first glance, a questionable body composition is often not recognizable. A heavyweight boxer, for example, has a lot of muscle and therefore a lot of weight. According to the body mass index BMI, obesity is signaled. The boxer is a competitive athlete and very healthy.
Another example is a patient with a normal weight who has too much water. Here too, the BMI is wrong; everything seems to be fine for him. In reality, the person being examined is a high-risk patient.
These examples clearly show that a valid assessment of a patient's state of health can only be made if not only body weight and height, but also body composition are examined with medical precision. That's exactly what the medical body composition analyzer seca mBCA 515 does.

The medical body composition analyzer seca mBCA 515 recognizes the human body in its individual components such as fat mass, extra- and intracellular water or skeletal muscle mass in less than 20 seconds and prepares the measured values according to medical references. For this purpose, the seca mBCA was validated and correlated in clinical studies with the respective medical-scientific gold standard. The diagnostic instrument from seca gmbh & co. kg, Hamburg, a unique medical-scientific precision in the history of bioimpedance measurement and opens up a new dimension of diagnosis for the doctor.

The six evaluation modules of the seca mBCA 515 offer the user countless diagnostic options. The precise preparation of, for example, fat mass to body weight or extracellular to intracellular water can provide information about various diseases that were previously difficult to diagnose without further investigations. The clear graphical preparation of the measured values for clear patient advice should not be underestimated.

In addition, the seca mBCA 515 is optimally adapted to the working conditions in doctors' practices and hospitals. It is quick and easy to use, the measurements can be reproduced easily and the seca mBCA 515 can be effortlessly integrated into the seca 360° wireless system and into existing computer networks.