Advances and prospectives of metabolic chamber application in endocrine and metabolic diseases / 中华内分泌代谢杂志

ABSTRACT

The metabolic chamber system is a new-developed method of energy metabolism examination by indirect calorimetry. Recently, metabolic chambers have been applied in energy expenditure affected by the changes of diet, sleep and physical activities, and metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus, to underlie the potential mechanisms. This review is aimed to summarize the applications of metabolic chambers in China and abroad in researches on energy metabolism involved in physiology, endocrine diseases and energy metabolism disorders. A more extensive use of metabolic chambers in clinical practice is well expected in the foreseeable big-data era.