Body Composition and Energy Expenditure in Youth With Spina Bifida: Protocol for a Multisite, Cross-Sectional Study

Michele Polfuss   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Kathryn Smith   ³ , MN, MS, DrPH ;   Betsy Hopson   ⁴ , MSHA ;   Andrea Moosreiner   ⁵ , MPH ;   Chiang-Ching Huang   ⁶ , PhD ;   Michele N Ravelli   ⁷ , PhD ;   Dan Ding   ⁸ , PhD ;   Zijian Huang   ⁸ , MS ;   Brandon G Rocque   ⁹ , MS, MD ;   Rosemary White-Traut   ^{2, 10} , PhD ;   Alexander Van Speybroeck   ¹¹ , MPH, MD ;   Kathleen J Sawin   ^{1, 2} , PhD

¹ School of Nursing, College of Health Professions and Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, United States

² Department of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice, Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States

³ Department of Pediatrics, USC Keck School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

⁴ Department of Mediciine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

⁵ Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States

⁶ Zilber College of Public Health, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, United States

⁷ Biotechnology Center, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, United States

⁸ Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

⁹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

¹⁰ College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

¹¹ Division of General Pediatrics, USC Keck School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States