Body Composition Core Lab

General Description:

The University of Kentucky Body Composition Core Laboratory (BCCL) located in the Seaton Center building (Director: Jody L. Clasey, Ph.D., FACSM; Medical Director: Ralph Miller, MD, ScD) is a human based laboratory facility specifically designed to provide state of the art body composition analysis for research and clinical investigations. The BCCL is an estimated 1020 square feet laboratory space (including a separate 180 square feet Bone Densitometry room, a separate 180 square feet Air Displacement Plethsymography and Anthropometric room, and 360 square feet sample storage and processing analyses rooms) housed in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion. The BCCL contains the necessary equipment to perform total body density (hydrostatic weighing and air displacement plethysmography), total body and intra/extra-cellular water, single and multiple frequency bioelectric impedance analyses, and total body and regional bone mineral content and density measurements, thus allowing determination of in vivo body composition analysis using multi-compartment modeling techniques.

Other: A workshop (approximately 125 square feet) containing tools and equipment for basic repair and design of necessary equipment is located adjacent to the Body Composition Core Laboratory.