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Muscle measuring apparatus

  • US 20050004491A1
  • Filed: 05/21/2004
  • Published: 01/06/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A muscle measuring apparatus comprising:

  • an input unit, a bioelectrical impedance measuring unit, a muscle volume calculating unit, and a muscle level calculating unit, wherein the input unit is used to input personal physical data of a subject which includes at least a body height, the bioelectrical impedance measuring unit measures a bioelectrical impedance, the muscle volume calculating unit calculates the volume of muscles of the subject based on the personal physical data entered from the input unit and the measured bioelectrical impedance value, and the muscle level calculating unit calculates the level of the muscle volume of the subject based on a muscle volume per reference unit which is calculated by “

    muscle volume/(body height)n (n is a real number)”

    using the body height of the subject and the calculated muscle volume.

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