Mobile DEXA Service
Our Mobile DEXA Unit brings body composition analysis directly to professional sports clubs.
Mobile DEXA Service
Our mobile DEXA unit brings body composition analysis directly to professional sports clubs.
On-Demand Body Composition Analysis
Accessible & Affordable
Optimised Training & Performance
The benefits of professional body composition analysis
Body composition scans offer invaluable insights crucial for athlete health and injury management, as well as offering avenues to incremental performance enhancement.
For instance, in cases where an athlete is suspected to be experiencing chronic Low Energy Availability (LEA), these scans can provide critical information.
Research has demonstrated the effectiveness of Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) in profiling the body composition of athletes across various sports (Bartlett et al., 2020) and among diverse ethnic groups (Zemski et al., 2019). DEXA scans have been employed to monitor the maintenance of optimal body composition throughout intense, competitive seasons (Harley et al., 2011; Lees et al., 2017) and to assess the risk of injury and recovery by examining left-right limb asymmetry (Jordan et al., 2015).
Including a body composition scan in conjunction with bone density assessments is best practice, as it provides additional, vital information about the athlete’s health. This can be especially relevant when addressing concerns like very low body fat levels or lean mass atrophy.
Assess body composition
The mobile DEXA scanner measures muscle mass, body fat, and visceral fat, delivering a comprehensive analysis of an athlete’s body composition.
Enhance athlete conditioning
Accurately track body fat and lean muscle mass and identify muscular imbalances to support athletic conditioning.Â
Facilitate injury rehabilitation
Utilise body composition analysis to identify muscle atrophy following injury, facilitate injury rehabilitation, and support return-to-play decisions.
Support athlete health
Proactive health assessment to meet the unique needs of athletes in high-impact and high-pressure sports.
Optimise nutrition
An estimation of resting metabolic rate provides insight into caloric requirements and guides tailored nutritional recommendations.
Why choose a mobile DEXA service?
Access to accurate assessment has traditionally been limited by the need for athletes to travel long distances to specialised facilities, spending time away from their training routine.
Our mobile DEXA service addresses this challenge by bringing the DEXA scan directly to professional sports clubs.
This eliminates travel time, increases accessibility, and allows athletes to be evaluated in a familiar environment.
Now, your team can benefit from a professional body composition and bone density analysis, right on site.
Meeting the needs of professional sports clubs
Our Mobile DEXA service works directly with professional sports clubs and teams, as well as community organisations. Mobile DEXA scanning is a great fit for groups who would benefit from:
- On-site body composition analysis
- On-site bone density scanning
- The capacity to assess the health of a large group on the same day
For individuals, we offer DEXA scanning and a range of other health and fitness tests at our fixed lab locations in London and Manchester.
Use cases
- Pre-season body composition analysisÂ
- Fracture preventionÂ
- Injury rehabilitation
- Athlete nutrition support
- ConditioningÂ
- Long-term health and fitness trackingÂ
Mobile DEXA Pricing for Sports Clubs and Teams
My Vital Metrics Mobile DEXA supports:
