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Editorial
. 2021 Mar 30;12(1):1-2.
doi: 10.2478/joeb-2021-0001. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Electrical Bioimpedance: From the Past to the Future

Leigh C Ward  1
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Editorial

Electrical Bioimpedance: From the Past to the Future

Leigh C Ward. J Electr Bioimpedance. .

Abstract

This year, 2021, marks the "coming of age" for JoEB with its indexing in PubMed Central. It is also a century since some of the earliest studies on tissue impedance. This editorial briefly reviews the time-line of research in the field to mark this occasion.

Keywords: BIA; Bioimpedance; electrical impedance.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest The author provides consultancy services to ImpediMed Ltd., a manufacturer of impedance devices.

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Publications per year in the field of electrical bioimpedance listed on PubMed. “Search query: (“”Bioimpedance”” OR “”bioelectrical impedance”” OR “”electrical impedance”” OR “”electrical bioimpedance”” OR “”Electric impedance”” NOT “”Rheogram”” NOT “”Rheography”” NOT “”Rheographic”” NOT “”Rheograms””) for all publications. The search query was appended with AND (“”Body composition”” OR “”Body water””) to restrict the search to those publications also including reference to body composition. Key formula image publications excluding body composition; formula image publications including body composition.
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References

Bibliography

    1. Detailed histories of electrical bioimpedance have been published, notably.
    1. McAdams ET, Jossinet J. Tissue impedance: a historical overview. Physiol Meas. 1995;16:A1–13. doi: 10.1088/0967-3334/16/3A/001. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Chumlea WC, Guo SS. Institute of Medicine. Emerging technologies for nutrition research: potential for assessing military performance capability. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 1997. Bioelectrical impedance: A history, research issues, and recent consensus; pp. 169–92. - PubMed

References

    1. Philippson M. Les lois de la resistance electrique des tissus vivants. Bull. Acad. R Belgique Clinic. Sci. 1921;7:387–403.
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    1. Geddes LA. Bioelectric impedance. Science. 1970;167(38926):1761. doi: 10.1126/science.167.3926.1761. - DOI - PubMed

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