DXA University Modules

DXA University has been designed to provide you with educational modules with different levels and content duration for your ease of learning.

Modules:

DXA University Intro & Overview: This will highlight the goals of DXA University modules and provide an overview of why DXA is so important for today’s clinicians and athletes.
Introduction to DXA: This is an overview of DXA – The Gold Standard. This module will introduce you to the device specially designed to provide accurate assessments of an athlete’s complete body composition.
The General Role of DXA in Baseball: This module discusses DXA’s role in baseball. In this module Dr. Wilson talks about how DXA helps in monitoring key performance attributes in baseball.
Profiling Positioning Demands: In this module, Dr. Wilson talks about the importance of different performance attributes and how it is various from youth to pro, how it can be different within the professional level, also how body composition can vary from rookies to veterans. Moreover, body composition varies across position.
DXA as a Monitoring Tool: This module goes over how DXA can be used as a monitoring tool in baseball. Dr. Wilson discusses the role of DXA’s precision and accuracy and how it helps him set the athlete’s baseline. He also talks about the importance of setting an accurate baseline to monitor changes and why DXA is the gold standard monitor body composition.
Female Athlete – Performance & Fat Free Mass Index: In this module, Dr. Abbie Smith-Ryan explains how tracking body composition with the Horizon DXA system, particularly for female athletes, can be helpful beyond performance.