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Preparing for Your DEXA or Body Composition Appointment
A DEXA scan is a quick and painless exam of your low back and hip bones. A Body Composition analysis is a similar exam, but requires a
quick scan of your entire body. Both exams use an extremely low dose x-ray. Each exam takes approximately 15 minutes. For your comfort
and accuracy of the exam, please observe the following:
A DEXA scan is a quick and painless exam of your low back and hip bones. A Body Composition analysis is a similar exam, but requires a
quick scan of your entire body. Both exams use an extremely low dose x-ray. Each exam takes approximately 15 minutes. For your comfort
and accuracy of the exam, please observe the following:
- Wear comfortable clothing
- Remove body jewelry or metal as follows for each exam:
- Ideally, clothing should be loose fitting with no zippers, belts, metallic or shell buttons.
- In the interest of time, wearing a camisole or sports bra without fasteners and clothing
without metal components anywhere between the upper arm and knee is best.
- Elastic waste pants are ideal. Pants such as Levi's or jeans are discouraged.
DEXA - Remove all body jewelry from the breast to thigh area. Jewelry such as
watches or metal in areas other than the breast to thigh are not a concern.
Body Composition - Remove all metal from the neck to the toes. Any metal will affect
the accuracy of the calculation. Metal includes items such as jewelry, watches,
zippers, buttons, brads or jean rivets. If your attire contains any of these, please be
prepared to remove the attire.
watches or metal in areas other than the breast to thigh are not a concern.
Body Composition - Remove all metal from the neck to the toes. Any metal will affect
the accuracy of the calculation. Metal includes items such as jewelry, watches,
zippers, buttons, brads or jean rivets. If your attire contains any of these, please be
prepared to remove the attire.
