FIT Research Testing Equipment:
- Aerobic Fitness or VO2 Max Testing
- Provides direct measurement of VO2max and HRmax
- Conducted on treadmill, rowing ergometer, or cycle ergometer
- Balance Testing with the Biodex Balance System
- Twelve levels of platform control as well as static force setting – allows testing, training and rehabilitation programs for diverse populations
- Five testing protocols for true progress assessment
- Body Composition and Bone Density Testing with GE Lunar DXA & iDXA
- As body composition measurement instrument, DXA:
- Provides precise measurement of bone mineral content, bone density, lean soft tissue mass, fat mass, and total mass for individuals up to 450 lbs.
- Provides detailed regional measurements for arms, legs, trunk, android, and gynoid regions
- Provides estimation of visceral fat
- As a bone densitometer DXA:
- Provides exceptional precision lumbar spine, hip/femur, and forearm bone density measures
- Pediatric growth and development
- Body Composition with the BOD POD
- Uses air displacement to measure body volume and body density
- Body density converted to %body fat
- Diet Analysis Nutritionist PRO Software
- Can analyze an unlimited number of diets and provide detailed macro and micronutrient breakdown
- Can analyze recipes to provide detailed macro and micronutrient breakdown per serving
- Energy Expenditure Assessment with Sensewear Armband Systems
- Its skin temperature & heat flux sensors and 3 axis accelerometer provides accurate estimation of total energy expenditure
- Provides exact minutes of various levels of physical activity from sedentary to high intensity
