Body composition assessment in athletes: Comparison of a novel ultrasound technique to traditional skinfold measures and criterion DXA measure

This investigation compared ultrasound and skinfolds as measures of body fat for athletes, relative to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Fifty-six well-trained athletes from various sports participated in a cross-sectional study. The participants attended one testing session, where total body fat ma...

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Published in:Journal of science and medicine in sport 2020-11, Vol.23 (11), p.1006-1010
Main Authors: Gomes, Allister C., Landers, Grant J., Binnie, Martyn J., Goods, Paul S.R., Fulton, Sacha K., Ackland, Timothy R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorptiometry, Photon
Adipose Tissue
Adolescent
Adult
Anthropometry
Anthropometry - methods
Athletes
Body Composition
Body fat
Body measurements
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Human morphology
Humans
Male
Measurement techniques
Skin
Skinfold Thickness
Software
Sports testing
Subcutaneous fat
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonography
Ultrasonography - methods
Western Australia
Young Adult
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Summary:This investigation compared ultrasound and skinfolds as measures of body fat for athletes, relative to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Fifty-six well-trained athletes from various sports participated in a cross-sectional study. The participants attended one testing session, where total body fat mass was measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and subcutaneous adipose tissue was measured using brightness-mode ultrasound and skinfolds with callipers. The ultrasound and skinfold measures were correlated independently against standardised fat mass from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. The correlation between standardised fat mass and sum-of-eight (Σ8) sites ultrasound (r=0.959, p
ISSN:1440-2440
1878-1861
DOI:10.1016/j.jsams.2020.03.014